There's a mattress where the backseat should be

A copy of Ulysses I'm never gonna read

Some kids at the campground said hello to me

Ohio was so damn cold, drinking beer beside the creek

Three months on the third floor of your house on Pitman Street

I couldn't find a summer job with my history degree

I sweated out the days in my room with no AC

Waiting for you to come home and wondering where you'd sleep

If I never see your face again

At least I'll get to say you were a friend

And if I don't know you at the end

At least I'll get to say I knew ya when

Got out the chess board, ran the bath

Took off our clothes and in we splashed

After seeing you with your ass on the drain

Taking pawns has never been the same

But by the end of July, I was frozen in place

Crying in my bed for hours every day

You stayed with me until you couldn't anymore

Came home from work and drove me to a mental ward

If I never see your face again

At least I'll get to say you were a friend

And if I don't know you at the end

At least I'll get to say I knew ya when

Looking back, it's so pathetic

But I can't say that I regret it

It's been four years, I found someone else

Who makes me feel how you never felt

I suffered that summer and I brought you down too

But I'm who I am today because you helped me make it through

If I never see your face again

At least I'll get to say you were a friend

And if I don't know you at the end

At least I'll get to say I knew ya when