[Intro: Otis Redding]

Come back, come back, come back baby

[Verse 1: Patrick Monahan]

School bells, wishing wells, sun burns, long turns

DUI's, fake IDs, first kiss to the Fugees

Breaking in, breaking out

The man on the radio knew what we were thinking about

When we didn't even know what we were drinking about

Wedding bells, nursery rhymes

Thrift shops and Five and Dimes

Move home, quit the life

Wasn't ready for the nine to five

Breaking up, breaking down

The girl at the bank, she knew what we were fighting about

When we didn't even know what I was writing about

[Pre-Chorus: Patrick Monahan]

Love I guess, is there anything else?

[Chorus: Patrick Monahan and (Otis Redding)]

Come back, come back, high or low

Before you're just a girl I used to know

And who will melt with me

When I am who you used to love

And you are just a memory

(Come back, come back, come back baby)

For I am who you used to love

And you are just a memory

[Verse 2: Patrick Monahan]

Sunshines, intervention, roads paved with good intentions

Birthdays, condolences, on the wagon or so she says

Play the game, the papers came, no one wins, nobody to blame

Everybody's right, but no one's wrong

But where have all the good times gone?

Lawyers ask me if I wanted war

And I don't remember what I was fighting for, no

[Pre-Chorus: Patrick Monahan]

Love I guess, is there anything else?

[Chorus: Patrick Monahan and (Otis Redding)]

Come back, come back, high or low

Before you're just a girl I used to know

And who will melt with me

When I am who you used to love

And you are just a memory

(Come back, come back, come back baby)

For I am who you used to love

And you are just a memory

[Bridge: Patrick Monahan]

No I'm dying to let you know

Every time you leave it kills me slowly

If you go now it'll be the last time

I'm sailing away on these tears that I'm crying, oh

[Chorus: Patrick Monahan and (Otis Redding)]

Come back, come back, high or low

Before you're just a girl I used to know

And who will melt with me

When I am who you used to love

And you are just a memory

Come back, come back, high or low

Before you're just a girl I used to know

And who will melt with me

When I am who you used to love

And you are just a memory

(Come back, come back, come back baby)

For I am who you used to love

And you are just a memory

(Come back, come back, come back baby)

For I am who you used to love

And you are just a memory