Love Me Now

[Verse 1]
I'm standing on the 50 yard line
On the cold gray metal bleachers
Our old high school with the ghosts of our old teachers
Flipped the tassel, graduated
We broke up and matriculated to institutions of higher learning
Candles at the both ends burning
Baby, don't the world keep turning

[Chorus]
I guess standing here, I was thinking
As our hometown sundown is slowly sinking
My brain's a diesel train, down a track
Saying you can come home but you can't go back
You're happy and I'm happy you moved on
Sometimes I miss you so strong
Can't help but sing along to our song
And I didn't appreciate you then
You probably hate me but in my defense
I didn't know that I didn't know how
I wish you could love me now
Baby now that I know how

[Verse 2]
I was a boy trying to love a woman
But now I'm a man who knows how to keep a promise
That's a start
"Cross my heart, hope to die" kinda honest
I still taste that first kiss
When the rain turned into tears and the mist on my windshield
I admit I'm kinda broken
But I'll heal

[Chorus]
I guess standing here, I was thinking
As our hometown sundown is slowly sinking
My brain's a diesel train, down a track
Saying you can come home but you can't go back
You're happy and I'm happy you moved on
Sometimes I miss you so strong
Can't help but sing along to our song
And I didn't appreciate you then
You probably hate me but in my defense
I didn't know that I didn't know how
I wish you could love me now
Baby I wish you could love me now
Oh I swear that I know how
Baby I wish you could love me now

[Bridge]
Now that we're so much wiser, a little older
I close my eyes and I still see you
In my faded blue Malibu
Remember when you loved me too

[Chorus]
I guess standing here, I was thinking
As our hometown sundown is slowly sinking
My brain's a diesel train, down a track
Saying you can come home but you can't go back
You're happy and I'm happy you moved on
Sometimes I miss you so strong
Can't help but sing along to our song
And I didn't appreciate you then
You probably hate me but in my defense
I didn't know that I didn't know how
I wish you could love me now
Baby now that I know how
I wish you could love me now

[Outro]
I don't blame you if you hate me
But honestly baby, I wish you could love me now