[Verse 1] By the lockers after homeroom bell Everybody talked, but nobody told Annie wore Joey’s letterman coat Laughing by the stairs in the April cold We were the kids from Cedar Lane Baseball cards and bikes till dark Now the hall felt twice as long With your name burning in my heart [Pre-Chorus] We used to meet on the old front steps Share one soda, talk till ten How can one last spring at school Turn best friends into never again? [Chorus] Tell me, where do best friends go When the caps fly high and the summer blows? We were kids on the same old street Now we can’t even cross the gym floor clean Tell me, how did our hearts all change Before the last bell rang in May? [Verse 2] Friday night under the gym light glow Our whole crowd split right down the line Prom song playing soft and slow I saw your hand folded into his hand, not mine Out by the cars in the blacktop rain Seniors writing names on shirts You said, “Don’t make this harder now” But that just made it hurt worse [Pre-Chorus] We had our places, we had our jokes Summer plans and county fairs Who knew one dance, one look, one night Could leave this whole town hanging there? [Chorus] Tell me, where do best friends go When the caps fly high and the summer blows? We were kids on the same old street Now we can’t even cross the gym floor clean Tell me, how did our hearts all change Before the last bell rang in May? [Bridge] June came fast with yearbook ink College towns and county lines One drove west and one stayed back Both waved like everything was fine But the porch went still, the bikes got dust The old swing moved in the wind Funny how one last semester ends And childhood never comes again [Final Chorus] Tell me, where do best friends go When the gowns come off and the old cars roll? We were kids on the same old street Now your goodbye still follows me Tell me, was it love or change That took our hearts that spring in May? Oh tell me, how did our hearts all change Before the last bell rang in May?
