Martha

                                  My friend Martha 

Works at the bar down the street

And I don't like her like that

I just think she's pretty 

Well she been cryin' all night

Talkin' bout a boy



I said, Martha 

It's not some kind of contest

That says in the end 

If you love someone the most

You get to keep him

She said, maybe it should be



So go on

Run your fingers through me

Like I am barely tangled hair

Pull just a little I swear

I'll be better for the wear

Cup your hands 

Like you're holdin' somethin' precious

And I am



But I don't wanna let you go

And I don't know why

Don't know why

And I don't want to let you know

Don't know why

Don't know why

Don't know why



Oh but then again

There's always reason

For letting go

You're just caught in a season

Of nothing to show

That's alright love

It's only life

Wrestling everything you've been

We're sixteen again

Sixteen 



And it's a brave new world

For my little generation

I'm just afraid we might die

From a case of low expectations

It ain't so much we don't wanna be happy

It's just everyone's so scared of being sad



And Martha she likes girls now

So we got that in common

She said, if they wanna love me man

I ain't gonna try and stop'em

Careful girl 

You know love is a love 

That can hurt all the same

It hurts all the same



but I don't wanna let you go

And I don't know why

Don't know why

And I don't want to let you know why

Still don't know why

I don't know why

I do not know why



Ah but then again

There's always reasons for letting go

You're just caught in a season

With nothing to show

That's alright love

It's only life

Wrestling everything you've been

Like you're sixteen again

You're sixteen

You're sixteen again

Sixteen