American Beauty

You walked in with a thrift store dress

Name tag from a job you said you hate

Coffee stain on your college sweatshirt

Laughing like you never learned to wait

American Beauty

Sitting on the laundromat floor

Eating cold fries from the night before

Singing off key to a song you adore

American Beauty

I never needed anything more

Car parked crooked in a tow-away zone

You said

"If they take it

We just go"

You drew hearts on the fogged-up window

Spelled my name wrong

I still took it home

American Beauty

Sitting on the laundromat floor

Eating cold fries from the night before

Singing off key to a song you adore

American Beauty

I never needed anything more

You said

"Someday I’ll leave this town"

But you dance every time the sun goes down

Paper crown from a birthday cake

Swear my whole life changed on that first mistake (oh)

American Beauty

Sitting on the laundromat floor

Shoelace loose

But you’re asking for more

Singing off key to the same old chorus

American Beauty

I hope you never get bored of us