Love Me Now

Lyrics

[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