Your New Girlfriend Lyrics

Your new girlfriend's a lot different than I was
Her eyes shimmer, and I know that you're the cause
We don't talk much ever since I left the city
Bet you tell her, she's so smart and kind, and pretty

'Cause she is, and she was, and she will be
I wish her well, there's no bitterness or irony

'Cause you look happy, she looks happy
Idyllic tableau, you're both laughing
Wish I never wished you pain
'Cause we were friends once, untied ends once
Now I've let go, on the mends
Such a wonderful ending to your name
'Cause I liked you, but I love the way you've changed
And I'm different, my feet aren't tethered to the ground
I've been growing, all new friends and state, and house
Then, I thought I'd know more when I reached your age
But now I'm twenty and I fuck up all the same

And I did, and I will, and I should
We're all learning, crashing, burning
Trying to be good

Now I'm so happy, so damn happy
Idyllic tableau, always laughing
Wish I never wished you pain
'Cause we were friends once, untied ends once
Now I've let go, on the mends
Such a wonderful ending to your name
'Cause I liked you, but I love the way I've changed
How I've changed (How I've changed)

And you were a lesson, thank God I learned at eighteen
And you aren't a villain, just not something that I still need
And ten years from now, I'll look at pictures of your babies
Riding happy, raised cheeks, knowing you helped make me
Who I am now, no, it's not that you saved me
You helped me reflect, now I've done a 180
And we're not in love, but I wish you well, like really
Thought that it would kill me, now I see it clearly
We're all happy, so damn happy
Idyllic tableau, always laughing
And we've grown from all the pain
'Cause we were friends once, untied ends once
Now I've let go, on the mends
Such a wonderful ending to your name
'Cause I liked you, but I love the way we've changed