[Chorus: Niamh]

Remember when we stole pens

Before we grew apart and became old friends

We were best friends, we were pen thieves

And that part of you has never left me

Remember when we stole pens

Before we grew apart and became old friends

We were best friends, we were pen thieves

And that part of you has never left me

[Verse 1: Defron]

Remember when we stole pens

Before we grew apart and became old friends

Stashed in our desks in a brown paper bag

Grade two kids, straight stupid, playing bad

Parkers, Papermates, Ballpoints, Gels, Bics

Crayolas, Uniballs, Felt Tips, Faber Castels

ArtLines, it was open palm crime

Young minds un-afraid of hard times

Click and twist tops fell Victim to our rampage

But we never let our loot touch a blank page

Punk! You vanishing pens unused

Trapped under textbooks swallowing [?]

Then I used one, attracted attention

You got nervous, blurred the word suspension

Retired from the life, threw away your treasured trove

No more partners in crime just me and my pens alone

[Chorus: Niamh]

Remember when we stole pens

Before we grew apart and became old friends

We were best friends, we were pen thieves

And that part of you has never left me

Remember when we stole pens

Before we grew apart and became old friends

We were best friends, we were pen thieves

And that part of you has never left me

[Verse 2: Defron]

I moved schools, you went to college

Could've kept in touch but we never bothered

When I got to high school, I never knew you

You never knew me, the wound was too deep

Made new friends, dissed each-other in the school yard

Young, dumb, bruised hearts, acting a fool, hard

Both watched as somebody we grew with close

Transform into somebody we used to know

And it was the same secret that we'd shared before

Tipping out our brown bags to compare our score

Both hiding, not realising what we'd missed

Until a couple years later when I saw a flick

I knew you worked there but I didn't even plan

To bump shoulders and casually shake hands

I just asked "Is this movie any good?"

And that brief talk restored our childhood

[Chorus: Niamh]

Remember when we stole pens

Before we grew apart and became old friends

We were best friends, we were pen thieves

And that part of you has never left me

Remember when we stole pens

Before we grew apart and became old friends

We were best friends, we were pen thieves

And that part of you has never left me

[Verse 3: Defron]

After that I didn't hear your name used

Not until a couple years ago when I heard the news

You died over-night, morning paper headlines

Car collides with a motorbike

Drowning at the funeral, swimming in sad faces

Mind raced back to stuffing our pencil cases

I had what your friends were looking for

My hand stained with what I took of yours

One true friend like an unused pen

You never left, you rest there

Like our two names written beneath those desk chairs

So if you see me with a pen, I ain't leaving 'em again

I'm just borrowing, I need it for a friend

[Pre-Chorus: Defron]

So it feels like he's here so it feels like I'm whole again

So I wrote this song with a stolen pen

So it feels like he's here so it feels like I'm whole again

So I wrote this song with a stolen pen

[Chorus: Niamh]

Remember when we stole pens

Before we grew apart and became old friends

We were best friends, we were pen thieves

And that part of you has never left me

Remember when we stole pens

Before we grew apart and became old friends

We were best friends, we were pen thieves

And that part of you has never left me

[Bridge: Niamh]

So I wrote this song with a stolen pen

So I wrote this song with a stolen pen

So I wrote this song, yeah I wrote this song

I wrote this song with a stolen pen

So I wrote this song with a stolen pen

So I wrote this song with a stolen pen

So I wrote this song, yeah I wrote this song

I wrote this song with a stolen pen

[Outro]

So we used to case out the class room

Staring over all the kids in the class

Eyeing out which pens we would steal

And there was this girl, she had this amazing pen

I can't even remember what brand it was

But it was just this beautiful blue fountain pen

With a white floral tip at the end where you would click it

And I remember I didn't even tell you that I was eyeing her pen

Because I knew you would beat me to the punch

So I just went out and I did my thing

And the next time that we were comparing our stash

I pull out this pen and I show it to you

And I'm like "Dude, I finally got this pen"

And you just have this horrified look on your face

And then you start laughing and pointing at me like I'm a clown

And you're like "Dude, don't you know what she does with that pen?"

And I was like "Nah bro"

And you were like "She puts that pen in her mouth bro"

And I was like "ERRGHHH"

I think that was one of the last times that I showed you my score

You were like "ARGH dude you're gross!"