Nice Guy on Main Street

Verse 1

She sits

By the window at the bistro on Main

Cold porcelain

Watching high school heroes buy the cheap champagne

I am here

Standing on the corner in the rain

Alone

Nobody looks

Nobody cares

Verse 2

The mirror

It tells me why the flowers always wilt

Jawline soft

Constructed from the bricks of mother's guilt

They want

The six foot tall

The gym rats

The guys with the easy grins

I lose

Before the game begins

Before the night

Before the first drink flows

Chorus

But I see the truth behind the curtain

I see the lies they tell themselves

They want the bad boys

They want the fake ones

They don't want a nice guy like me

No not a nice guy like me

They never want a nice guy like me

Verse 3

Locked out

Basement light is flicking on the wall

Blue screen

Waiting for a message or a call

It's rigged

The system is a trap for the small

Left behind

Staring at the ceiling

Staring at the floor

Staring at the lock on the door

Chorus

Because I see the truth behind the curtain

I see the lies they tell themselves

They want the bad boys

They want the fake ones

They don't want a nice guy like me

No not a nice guy like me

They never want a nice guy like me

Bridge

Maybe if I had the money

Maybe if I had the car

Maybe if I looked like money

I wouldn't be sitting in the dark

Counting every scar

Watching from afar

Verse 4

Another

Saturday spent looking at the feed

Perfect lives

Everything I'll never ever need

They laugh

I memorize the bitterness and greed

Dark rooms

Silent phones

Broken bones

Chorus

Yeah I see the truth behind the curtain

I see the lies they tell themselves

They want the bad boys

They want the fake ones

They don't want a nice guy like me

No not a nice guy like me

They never want a nice guy like me

Outro

I'm a nice guy

I'm a nice guy

Just a face in the crowd

Just a voice not allowed

Turn the monitor off

Leave me here

Leave me alone

Alone

Alone