I met a girl from Brownsville   She a kamikaze head-turn got me into a frill   And I told her about my friends back home what they'd say      How she spoke      Lasting words in the lasting night   And every time I see a boat by a lake   I want to jump up and say   Let's row away from everything      Said she was a cutter   And well I, I said my dad's a preacher man, he could   Well, I took her to the boat out down by the lake      Well, she spoke      Lasting words in this lasting night   And every time I see a boat by a lake   I want to jump up and say   Let's row away from everything      I kindly took her by the hand, oh I   Just to make her understand it all   And I took her to the boat out down by the lake      And just when everything was said, you see I   I hugged her hard around her head, and then I   I told her there are things that we shouldn't say      Now watch me say and she spoke      Lasting words in this lasting night   And every time I see a boat by a lake   I want to jump up and say   Let's row away from everything she spoke      Lasting words   In this lasting night   I tore her, tore her, tore her down   I tore her down today      Lasting words   Lasting words   I tore her, tore her, tore her down   I tore her down today      And everything just goes away, no no no   But the scars you hide today   I didn't want to say   I didn't want to say   Everything just goes away   Everything just goes away      I met a girl from Brownsville   She a kamikaze head-turn got me into a frill      Lasting words in the lasting night   And every time I see a boat by a lake   I want to jump up and say   Let's row away from everything she spoke      Lasting words   In the lasting night   I tore her, tore her, tore her down   I tore her down today      I met a girl from Brownsville   She a kamikaze head-turn got me into a frill      Lasting words   Lasting words   I tore her, tore her, tore her down   I tore her down today      Lasting words in the lasting night   And every time I see a boat by a lake   I want to jump up and say