Kisses
By That Beach Sound Cartel
[Verse 1]
Funny what you remember…
About the first time you kissed a girl.
I don’t remember what she was wearing,
Or what we talked about that night,
But I remember standing close to her,
Wondering if I was doing it right.
Didn’t know where to put my hands,
Didn’t know when to close my eyes,
Think our noses bumped once or twice,
But man…
that first kiss was nice.
Then came those girls with the deep red lips,
Lord, how I loved how that looks,
Until I finally kissed one,
And learned something they don’t put in books.
It smeared on her,
It smeared on me,
Didn’t taste as good as it looks…
But I didn’t mind.
I was learning.
Every kiss was different,
Every girl, every time,
And I thought I knew what sweet was…
Till strawberry started to shine.
There are kisses you remember,
Kisses you forget,
Kisses that are over
before your lips have parted yet.
Kisses that say hello,
Kisses that mean goodbye,
Kisses that leave you wondering
why you ever closed your eyes.
Some kisses you taste,
Some kisses you feel…
And some stay with you
long after they’re gone.
[Verse 2]
I’ll never forget that strawberry lip gloss,
The way it caught the light,
You could smell it before you kissed her,
And my goodness, that didn’t seem right.
Sweet and sticky,
Shining on her lips,
Made a young boy lose his mind,
I thought I’d found
the sweetest kiss
a boy could ever find.
Then somewhere along the way,
Kissing started changing.
It wasn’t always about
what was on her lips.
Sometimes it was three days apart
that felt more like a year,
And seeing her come through that doorway
was all I needed to hear.
I’d pull her close,
She’d pull me closer,
And before either one could speak…
There’s something about kissing
someone you’ve missed
that makes your knees go weak.
There are kisses you remember,
Kisses you forget,
Kisses you’ve been waiting for
since the moment that she left.
Kisses that say “I missed you,”
without saying anything,
Funny how two lips can tell you
almost everything.
Some kisses you taste,
Some kisses you feel…
And some stay with you
long after they’re gone.
[Verse 3]
Then there are those goodbye kisses,
The ones that take too long,
When somebody has to leave
but neither one can move on.
You say, “Okay, I gotta go…”
Then kiss again.
And laugh because you both know
you said that ten minutes ago.
There are kisses in the morning,
Half awake beneath the sheets,
Kisses in the kitchen,
Standing barefoot on your feet.
Stolen kisses in a hallway,
Quick ones nobody sees,
And those slow ones late at night
that bring a young man to his knees.
Funny…
When you’re young,
you think a kiss is just a kiss.
In reality,
Some kisses mean hello…
Some kisses mean forgive me…
Some kisses mean I missed you…
Some kisses mean don’t go yet…
And every once in a while…
One kiss means everything.
The kisses you really feel…
You don’t need to see.
There are kisses you remember,
Kisses you forget,
Kisses that can make you smile
all these years later yet.
But somewhere between
the first one
and the last…
Some kisses you taste…
Some kisses you feel…
And some…
you remember forever.
The kisses you really feel…
You don’t need to see.
Maybe that’s why…
we close our eyes.
Kisses…
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