Parking Lot Smile

[Verse 1]
I asked her out
With a gum-smudged grin
From the corner booth
By the freezer hum

She looked at me
Like she knew the plan
Then said, "Yeah, okay"
And my hands stayed calm

[Pre-Chorus]
No big speech
No runaway cars
Just my pulse in my throat
And her laugh in the dark

[Chorus]
I asked her out
And I stayed right there
I asked her out
Didn't crack, didn't care
I asked her out
Kept my face all plain
I asked her out
And I walked away the same

[Verse 2]
We split a fry
In a paper boat
She drew on the tray
With a ketchup note

I said, "Maybe next week"
She said, "Text me then"
And the whole damn room
Came back again

[Pre-Chorus]
No broken glass
No desperate calls
Just two dumb kids
In the drywall mall

[Chorus]
I asked her out
And I stayed right there
I asked her out
Didn't crack, didn't care
I asked her out
Kept my face all plain
I asked her out
And I walked away the same

[Bridge]
Later on
I laughed alone
In the backseat seat vinyl
Of a borrowed home

'Cause I wanted fire
But I got a spark
A small clean yes
In a parking lot

[Final Chorus]
I asked her out
And I stayed right there
I asked her out
Didn't crack, didn't care
I asked her out
Kept my face all plain
I asked her out
And I walked away the same