Thanks for the Ride

by The Wonder Years

The Wonder Years is an American pop punk band from Lansdale, Pennsylvania that formed in June 2005. Since their conception, they have released three full length albums, two EPs, and several splits/compilations. The group is currently signed to Hopeless Records and originally got their name from the…

I washed chain grease and blood off of my hands
In the ocean, I let salt water rinse the dirt away
I stood calm in a room I hadn't been in
In a decade, I felt dizzy, used to stand here every day

Wait out the storm in a harbor town
Pretend I'll see you in fall
Wait out the storm in a harbor town, whoa

Hey Hannah, don't go
We could've given you such a beautiful home
I won't call
No, you're waiting right outside
Thanks for the ride

I watched lines of container ships drift in
Just off of Long Beach, I thought long about where you would be today
We lose touch after college came my way
I hear you got married to some boy from California
Have a family on the way

Wait out the storm in a harbor town
Pretend I'll see you in Fall
Wait out the storm in a harbor town, whoa

Hey Hannah, don't go
We could've given you such a beautiful home
I won't call
No, you're waiting right outside
Thanks for the ride

Hey Hannah, don't go
We could've given you such a beautiful home
I won't call
No, you're waiting right outside

I'm letting balloons drift off
Sending kids to a lonely God
Darling, please wake up
I'm letting balloons drift off
Sending kids to a lonely God
If you see her, tell her I'm not giving up
(See her, tell her I'm not giving up)

Hey Hannah, don't go
We could've given you such a beautiful home
I won't call
No, you're waiting right outside

Hey Hannah, don't go
We could've given you such a beautiful home
I won't call
No, you're waiting right outside
Thanks for the ride

Hey Hannah, don't go
We could've given you such a beautiful home
I won't call
No, you're waiting right outside
Thanks for the ride