(Verse 1) Jennifer was seventeen, barefoot in the summer rain, My first kiss, my first love, the one that took my name. We were kids with matching dreams, thought forever was a fact, But the Corps called me a man too soon, and I didn’t know how to act. (Pre-Chorus) Lonely nights in barracks rooms, a heart too young to steer, I wasn’t lookin’ for another love, just tryin’ to quiet fear. But a body ain’t a promise, and a moment ain’t a vow, And I broke the girl who loved me then, the one I still see now. (Chorus) Two rings, one man who couldn’t hold the line, Two hearts I shattered tryin’ to outrun my own mind. I wasn’t chasin’ love, just runnin’ from myself, And I learned too late that love don’t live on someone else’s shelf. (Hook – Blended) I lost Jennifer and Melissa tryin’ to outrun who I am, Two good women paid the price for one half‑grown man. You can swear you love ‘em both, but love don’t matter if you roam, ’Cause a man can lose two wives before he ever loses home. (Verse 2) Melissa came like sunrise, warm and steady, soft and true, She held me through the wreckage of the things I couldn’t undo. But I carried ghosts inside me, ones I never laid to rest, And an old flame found the cracks in me I never had confessed. (Pre-Chorus) I didn’t mean to love her less, didn’t mean to lose my way, Didn’t know how much she meant until the day she walked away. Funny how a man can break a home he swore he’d keep, And only feel the weight of it when he’s lyin’ in the deep. (Chorus) Two rings, one man who couldn’t hold the line, Two hearts I shattered tryin’ to outrun my own mind. I wasn’t chasin’ love, just runnin’ from myself, And I learned too late that love don’t live on someone else’s shelf. (Hook – Blended) I lost Jennifer and Melissa tryin’ to outrun who I am, Two good women paid the price for one half‑grown man. You can swear you love ‘em both, but love don’t matter if you roam, ’Cause a man can lose two wives before he ever loses home. (Bridge) If regret could build a highway, I’d drive it ‘til the dawn, If apologies were timber, I’d rebuild what’s long been gone. But time don’t hand out second lives, and love don’t wait around, And a man can lose his whole damn world before he hears the sound… (Chorus – Final) Two rings, one man who finally sees the truth, Two loves I lost because I never learned to choose. I wasn’t faithless in my heart, but I was faithless in my hands, And I’m standin’ in the wreckage of the boy who couldn’t be a man. (Hook – Final) Jennifer and Melissa… I hope they’re happy now, Two good women I failed, and I’m still learnin’ how. You can swear you love ‘em both, but love don’t matter if you roam, And a man can lose two wives before he ever loses home.
