A Lifetime

A Lifetime is the 3rd song from Better Than Ezra's 2005 album, Before the Robots. It runs for 3:28.

Lyrics
Allie woke up 8am graduation day. Got into a car, and crashed along the way. When we arrived late to the wake, stole the urn while they looked away, and drove to the beach 'cause I knew you'd want it that way. And you were standing on the hood of the car singing out loud when the sun came up. And I know I wasn't right, but it felt so good. And your mother didn't mind, like I thought she would. And that REM song was playing in my mind. And three and a half minutes felt like a lifetime. It felt like a lifetime. And you move like water I could drown in you. and I fell so deep once, till you pulled me through. You would tell me, "No one is allowed to be so proud they never reach out when they're giving up." And I know I wasn't right, but it felt so good. And your mother didn't mind, like I thought she would. And that REM song was playing in my mind. And three and a half minutes felt like a lifetime. Are you sitting in the lights? Or combing your hair again, and talking in rhymes? Are you sitting in the lights? When I got home, heard the phone, your parents had arrived. And your dad set his jaw your mom just smiled and sighed. But they left soon and I went to my room. Played that disc that you'd given me, and I shut my eyes swear I could hear the sea. When we were standing on the hood of your car singing out loud when the sun came up. And I know I wasn't right, but it felt so good. And your mother didn't mind, like I thought she would. And that REM song was playing in my mind. And three and a half minutes, three and a half minutes, felt like a lifetime.