Saw him on a Friday outside some run down saloonnhe was cryin over someone that he felt left much too soon nI said, hey boy don't you cry tonightnlet me take you out on this townnhe looked at me and smiled as one last tear splashed off the groundnwith half a wink he asked me what are you some kind of freaknI told him no, I guess I just feel your vibe is kinda deepnthe moon hung over sohonand I counted 16 starsnI pointed at the brightest one and said now that one's oursnhe's a dandelion, up on his hill above the seanhe's not exactly everything I thought that he might bennhe's a dandelionnhe looks like everything I neednI thought he was a flowernbut I found out he's a weednnThen I hold on hold on hold onnhold on hold on hold onnnhe just might be poisonnbut I took him to my roof topnI said are you afraid of heights,nnHe said no I am notnI said hey boy don't you lie to me, tell me everything you feelnwe danced around in circles,nHe said I think we found something realnnhe's a dandelion, up on a cliff above the seanhe's not exactly everything I thought that he might bennhe's a dandelionnhe looks like everything I neednI thought he was a flowernbut I found out he's a weednnThen I hold on hold on hold onnhold on hold on hold onnnDown in union squarenI saw him walking all alonenI walked a little slower just so I'd remain unknownnhe met someone on seventeenth that he knew her all too wellnmy little piece of heaven has a secret he won't tellnwith half a smile he took her handnand then they walked awaynI realized I would not see my boy after todaynnI fell in love with a dandelionnand he's all I ever hadnat first he looked so sweetnbut in the end he tastes so badnhe's a dandelion, up on his cliff above the seanhe's not exactly everything I thought that he might bennhe's a dandelionnhe looks like everything I neednI thought she was a flowernbut I found out he's a weednnThen I hold on hold on hold onnhold on hold on hold onnhold on hold on hold onnhold on hold on hold onnyeah hold onn