Intro:
Shooting stars and whiskey bottles all scattered across the yard
I d have stayed back home in Houston if I d known it d be this hard
Ah but as it is I m busted broke down across the bay
And I might not make December if we keep carrying on this way
Pretty girls and deep depressions keep falling from the sky
I got all the time in heaven but no sense to wonder why
And the nights have all gone crazy and the bars have all shut down
One day I swear I ll blow it all, pack up, and leave this town
And sometimes I get so tired of telling right from wrong
Hey, I m glad I came, just wish I hadn t stayed so long
Here I am in Music City, long nights and neon signs
And I can t seem to remember what I came so far to find
Police cars and paper money motel rooms and cigarettes
Yeah, they tell you, you ain t nothin just in case you might forget
I can hear the country music in the window up above
Do they do it for the money, do they do it for the love?
Bourbon eyes and stolen pistols seems all that comes my way
I m gonna burn down all my bridges, grab a car, and drive away
And sometimes I can t believe I did all that for a song
(solo)
Hey, I m glad I came, just wish I hadn t stayed so long
Solo:
We could make Louisiana in two hours time
We could pull off of the highway by the big casino sign
We could take up all our wishes and bet em all on black
Hit the lights of Mississippi with the south wind at our back
And it s always been the same down every road I ve gone
Hey, I m glad I came, just wish I hadn t stayed so long