True love lasts long Longer than summer 'Cause my heart beats black 'Cause I know it's over My own mother, she tells me: "Good things come to those who will wait for them" My friends, they tell me Not to walk away when I do So back down love This is downtown now This is the way I roll And my hands are out in front of yours My heart's exposed True love lasts long Longer than I do 'Cause your hands are tied 'Cause I'm never sober My own father, he tells me Not to trust people like I do My friends, they tell me Not to walk away like I do So back down love This is downtown now This is the way I roll And my hands are out in front of yours My heart's exposed And my pulse is racing faster Than you could ever know With my heart exposed I am on my way down I've lost all my faith And all of my deepest beliefs And it's so hard to find Any truth in any of your lies And I lost all that I once ever had But I found something Oh, I found something And I lost all that I once ever had But I found something That I never did So back down love This is downtown now This is the way I roll And my hands are out in front of yours My heart's exposed And my pulse is racing faster Than you could ever know With my heart exposed I am on my way down True love lasts long Longer than summer