Pineapple Regret
Alex (TikTok 5-Word Challenge)
Description
A swampy, minor-key country ballad about a whirlwind romance gone wrong, set against the backdrop of a roadside Florida bar and a dilapidated double-wide. The lyrics paint a vivid picture of regret and the lingering memories of a love preserved like taxidermy, with recurring motifs of pineapples, alligators, and the inescapable reminders of a honeymoon gone sour.
Lyrics
[Verse 1] Met you at the Gator Shack off Highway 17 July heat sweatin' through my plain white tee You were drinkin' somethin' sweet with a pineapple slice Paper umbrella, tan lines, trouble in your eyes You said, "I don't really trust the word forever yet But I'm tired of wakin' up to all these old mistakes" I said, "Girl, I ain't much, but I can give you a ride" You laughed, climbed up in my truck, slid over to my side [Pre-Chorus] We hit that courthouse with sand still on our feet Two drunk kids chasin' somethin' that felt like heat Everybody sayin', "Y'all won't make it through the fall" But we didn't hear nothin' but the jukebox down the hall [Chorus] This ain't love, it's taxidermy Posed-up smiles on a dusty shelf with me Alligator on the wall starin' down at my mess Pineapple lights from that honeymoon motel on the desk Divorce is just a word the judge read with a cigarette But this trailer's just a museum I can't forget Every room's another exhibit of the night we met And I'm learnin' how to live with all this pineapple regret [Verse 2] Your daddy owned a little roadside taxidermy shop Dead deer, ducks and gators hangin' up top He said, "If you fix it right, it stays the way it was" We tried that with us, but baby, that ain't love We bought a used-up double-wide at the edge of town Secondhand couch, wild dreams nailed down You hung one of his gators over our old TV Said, "If he can smile that long, maybe we can, you and me" [Pre-Chorus] But the bills came due and the drinks came cheap We traded touch for talk and talk for sleep Every fight cut another crack in these thin walls 'Til the only thing talkin' was your lawyer's calls [Chorus] This ain't love, it's taxidermy Posed-up smiles on a dusty shelf with me Alligator on the wall starin' down at my mess Pineapple lights from that honeymoon motel on the desk Divorce is just a word the judge read with a cigarette But this trailer's just a museum I can't forget Every room's another exhibit of the night we met And I'm learnin' how to live with all this pineapple regret [Bridge] I still drive past the Gator Shack when the neon's on Hear you laughin' through the smoke, singin' along Can't stir rum and pineapple without seein' that night Can't hear "til death do us part" without fluorescent light If I could pin one good thing down and make it stay I'd frame that front-seat kiss and throw the rest away [Chorus] This ain't love, it's taxidermy Posed-up smiles on a dusty shelf with me Alligator on the wall starin' down at my mess Pineapple lights from that honeymoon motel on the desk Divorce is just a word the judge read with a cigarette But this trailer's just a museum I can't forget Every room's another exhibit of the night we met And I'm learnin' how to live with all this pineapple regret [Tag] Yeah, every room's another exhibit of the night we met And I'm stuck here curatin' all this pineapple regret. Just curatin' all this pineapple regret.