Running back, number forty-nine You had me from the sidelines And in the back of a Pontiac Something 'bout that first time That puts your walls up when it don't work out You're still holding on to it years from now I bet you probably put my memory in the ground And I've had a few somebody new's Thought about forever too But I run away when it gets close to that 'Cause no matter how far down the road The crazy thing is I know If you called and said you're missin' what we had I'd come running back Running back to eighteen Wonder if that's how you remember me So dumb, so free Yeah, sometimes I daydream About running back into you hometown Kroger Would it still feel like it did? Just 'cause we grew up, don't mean we got closure Ever since, ever since And I've had a few somebody new's Thought about forever too But I run away when it gets close to that 'Cause no matter how far down the road The crazy thing is I know If you called and said you're missin' what we had I'd come running back To your car, black ice on the rearview Climb in your lap driving home like we used to Honestly, all you'd need to do is ask And I'd come running back Yeah, I'd come running back, oh, oh-oh, oh, oh And I've had a few somebody new's Thought about forever too But I run away when it gets close to that 'Cause no matter how far down the road The crazy thing is I know If you called and said you're missin' what we had I'd come running back Yeah, I'd come running back Running back, number forty-nine You had me from the sidelines