Branden Rennie - The Ballad of Shelby and Joel lyrics

The Ballad of Shelby and Joel A Punk-Rock Song Now I'm just a punk and I don't know a thing about love But there's two kids I know and the word fits them like a glove And there's something cliché about the way they feel for each other But there's a little cliché in every time two people decide They love one another Shelby is eighteen and she's already got two kids And her boyfriend's named Joel and he doesn't judge her for it He's just twenty one and who is he two know what she's in it for Shelby tells Joel she's in love now and she wasn't before Joel and Shelby, Shelby and Joel Where'd you get the idea that love is something you can control? Shelby still in high school and Joel's mom was teaching her art And Joel lives down the street and that's as good a place as any to start Joel started babysitting Shelby's kids while she went to school And Shelby noticed that when Joel was around she couldn't keep her cool And Shelby said Joel baby I thought I was learning about love But two kids latter I don't know just what I was thinking of Joel said Shelby I think your body is magic That I'm not the father doesn't have to be one bit tragic Joel and Shelby, Shelby and Joel Why do you think you're in love? It's out of your control And Shelby said I won't tell my mom about you if you don't tell your dad about me Now I never been in love but there was Shelby asking me why She thought that if Joel and her weren't in love she'd just die I said Shelby, you ain't got to worry ‘bout a thing If you've come this far and you still want to be in love that's everything Shelby, you're young enough to take my advice If you gotta chance at love then there's no time left to think twice Your kids are getting older and you're graduating from school And if Joel is the one then I don't want you to act the fool Joel and Shelby, Shelby and Joel Won't you show me that love is something I can control. Something I can control So take him to church, take him to bed Ask him about what his mom said About all the paint you spilled in school And please Shelby don't loose your cool Don't loose your cool, this time don't loose your cool