Breaking Up Was Easy In The 90s

Album: Southside (2020)
Charted: 32
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  • Yeah, man, oh man, oh man
    (Oh)

    Bartender looked at me like, "Pony up man, we're closin' down"
    I paid the tab and I turned around
    Got on that phone on the way home
    Ended up down the rabbit hole again
    Funny how you haven't changed a bit but you're twice as pretty
    Glad you finally got to see New York City
    And I know it's not a race
    But it looks like you're gettin' over me faster than I'm gettin' over you
    But hey, what you gon' do?

    I'm sick of sittin' at the house, dyin' on my phone
    Wishin' I was somewhere I can be alone
    Try to let you go but somethin' always reminds me
    I bet breakin' up was easy in the '90s
    I'm tired of gettin' drunk, tired of bein' free
    Tired of seein' pictures I don't wanna see
    Girl, you're everywhere, everywhere but behind me
    I bet breakin' up was easy in the '90s

    Back then, I could've convinced myself that maybe you called when I was out
    And you didn't know what to say, so you didn't leave a message
    And that you're probably at home right now, sound asleep
    'Cause goin' out isn't really your thing
    And I wouldn't have a clue what you've been up to lately
    Or who you've been up to it with
    But when I don't miss your calls, I miss you callin'
    And I go 'round and 'round again

    I'm sick of sittin' at the house, dyin' on my phone
    Wishin' I was somewhere I can be alone
    Try to let you go but somethin' always reminds me
    I bet breakin' up was easy in the '90s
    I'm tired of gettin' drunk, tired of bein' free
    Tired of seein' pictures I don't wanna see
    Girl, you're everywhere, everywhere but behind me
    I bet breakin' up was easy in the '90s

    Modern love leads to modern hearts breakin'
    I'm just a product of my generation
    And I 'bout had enough watchin' you gettin' on with your life

    Baby, I'm sick of sittin' at the house, dyin' on my phone
    Wishin' I was somewhere I can be alone
    I try to let you go but somethin' always reminds me
    (I bet breakin' up was easy in the '90s)
    I'm tired of gettin' drunk, tired of bein' free
    Tired of seein' pictures I don't wanna see
    Girl, you're everywhere, everywhere but behind me
    I bet breakin' up was easy in the '90s

    (Hearts breakin')
    (I'm a product of my)
    (I'm just a product of my generation)
    (Ooh, and I)
    (My baby, my baby) Writer/s: Chris Lacorte, Ernest Keith Smith, Josh Osborne, Sam Lawry Hunt, Zach Crowell
    Publisher: CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC, Round Hill, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Spirit Music Group, Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 1

  • Bpkparksteve from Key WestSam was born in 1984. So if he broke up with someone in the 1999 he would have been 15
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