Polaroid I Meant to Burn

[Verse 1]
Found your acceptance letter in my glove compartment
Still don't know how it got there
State school, nothing fancy
But you cried happy tears at the Wendy's on Route 9
I bought you fries and pretended my stomach didn't turn

[Chorus]
I love you but I hate
That your mom calls you back
I love you but I hate
That things just fall in your lap
Like rain on Iowa corn
Like sleep after eighteen-wheelers

[Verse 2]
You got the job at the radio station
Playing songs I introduced you to
Now you're the voice between commercials
For mattress stores and oil changes
While I'm still counting register receipts
In fluorescent-lit nowhere

[Chorus]
I love you but I hate
That your mom calls you back
I love you but I hate
That things just fall in your lap
Like rain on Iowa corn
Like sleep after eighteen-wheelers

[Bridge]
Maybe jealousy is just love
With the radio turned up too loud
Maybe I'd miss you more
If you ever really struggled

[Outro]
Still got that Polaroid
From graduation day
Your cap crooked
My smile genuine and poisoned