Seems like it's time to see The difference, the difference between The people i miss and the people i'd like to meet Seems like it's time to see The difference, the difference between The people i miss and the people i'd like to meet How the salt in the air makes your hair all curly You find out it feels so natural to get up real early How firmly you place your right hand On the left side of your chest And just how serious you are about that Seems like it's time to see The difference, the difference between The people i miss and the people i'd like to meet Seems like it's time to see The difference, the difference between The people i miss and the people i'd like to meet Your search for a shirt in the right kind of blue You're convinced that money will somehow come to you How hard you try to be the central pole of your systems How hard when your loved ones Are like magnets in them How hard to be scared and weary And gently translate that into Something I might understand Something I won't feel offended by To make sure I know What you're so So serious about