Things hadn't been going well for me lately

Dark clouds were looming overhead

Then I saw you glowing in that dusty field

The summer I've never been

Thought, damn it, I'll camp out with nothing left

I had to try it, so I bared my crooked teeth

Shed a smile; to my relief, you smiled back

And that's exactly what I needed to be happy again

Slow dancing in the back of a bus

We were both romancing the idea of us

But we both knew soon enough that I'd have to leave

So for a night I was king, but you will always be my prom queen

My prom queen

You helped me hold my head up high when I was falling

You even held my broken hand

Now you hold my broken heart so it don't fall apart

Reducing me back to that broken man I don't wanna see again

I gotta feeling in my stomach, can't describe it but I love it

Taken back cause you're exactly what I needed to be happy again

Slow dancing in the back of a bus

We were both romancing the idea of us

But we both knew soon enough that I'd have to leave

So for a night I was king, but you will always be my prom queen

My prom queen

Well, everyday's the best day ever

Ever since I met you, dear Maxine

Everything will all get better

And I'll be back for you one day, my queen

We were both slow dancing in the back of a bus

We were both romancing the idea of us

But we both knew soon enough that I'd have to leave

So for a night I was king, but we will always be

Slow dancing in the back of a bus

We were both romancing the idea of us

But we both knew soon enough that I'd have to leave

So for a night I was a king, but you will always be my prom queen