Standard (EADGBE)

Intro

Verse i

 Well the room was Mediterranean

 The meaning was twofold

 We got busted by your mother

 Though you're 29 years old

 And the pictures wrapped in cellophane

 Like sandwiches or stamps

Burnholes in my pockets

 And in the inseams of my pants

 And your graduation date

 was in absentia* today

 And you wished you woulda stuck with him

 Though you told him not to stay

 And the redwoods and the oak trees

 And the double yellow lines

 Although they're in perfect symmetry

 They keep imperfect time

Chorus

play 2x)

 I don't mean no,

 I don't maybe

 I'm in definitely

 I'm in definitely

Verse ii

Well your car was Japanese

 perhaps Hungarian and blue

 And it followed you down highway 1,

 kept almost out of view

 And it symbolizes something

 although you don't know what it is

 Like loneliness or longing

 for a future perfect kiss

Repeat chorus

 I don't mean no,

 I don't maybe

 I'm in definitely

 I'm in definitely

Bridge

(solo plays over verse)

The second hand's the first thing that you see when you wake up

 And it goes by in slow motion, and you rub it for good luck

 Time is gonna tell your little secrets to me

 There's a frightened girl inside of you and I'm gonna set her free

* "in absentia" is a latin phrase that means 'in absence' or 'missing'.