‘Cause the last time I saw you
Is still burned in the back of my mind
I gave you roses and you left them there to die

So this is you swallowing your pride,
Standing in front of me saying your sorry for that night
And you’d go back to december all the time
It turns out freedom ain’t nothing but missing you
Wishing that you’d realized what you had when I was yours

I’d go back to december, turn around and make it all right and

I go back to december all the time

These days I haven’t been sleeping
Staying up playing back you leaving
When your birthday passed and I didn’t call
And I think about summer, all the beautiful times
I watched you laughing from the passenger side,
Realized I loved you in the fall
And then the cold came, the dark days when fear crept into my mind
I gave you all my love and all you gave was goodbye

I miss your tan skin, your sweet smile, so good to me, so right
And how I held you in my arms that September night,
The first time I ever saw you cry
Maybe this is wishful thinking
Probably mindless dreaming
If we loved again I swear you’d love me right

I’d go back in time and change it but I can’t
So if the chain is on your door, I understand