Runner Up

My eyes ain't green, my hair ain't long and black

And Lord knows my jeans sure don't fit me like that

Thank God she can't hear this internal conversation

Know it ain't fair, but given the situation

I could be slashing tires, starting fires, going straight off the rails

But instead, I'm

Staring at the bottom of the glass, 2 a.m., scrolling too far back

To 2019, she's Homecoming Queen

Even if I looked half that good, wouldn't matter in the way it should

Hell, it'd still hurt even if I was her

Second best, not enough

Never next, maybe I'm just

The runner up

It ain't her fault, can't paint her like a villain

She didn't do nothing wrong 'cause I know that he did

The leaving, and the lying, and the cheating, he's the problem, I know

But still, she's got me

Staring at the bottom of the glass, 2 a.m., scrolling too far back

To 2019, she's Homecoming Queen

Even if I looked half that good, wouldn't matter in the way it should

Hell, it'd still hurt even if I was her

Second best, not enough

Never next, maybe I'm just

The runner up

I can almost hear 'em now, calling my name out

With a fake smile and a sash 'round my dress

Better than last place, I guess

But still, she's got me

Staring at the bottom of the glass, 2 a.m., too far back

To 2019, she's Homecoming Queen

Even if I looked half that good, wouldn't matter in the way it should

Hell, it'd still hurt even if I was her

Second best, not enough

Never next, maybe I'm just

The runner up