I've traveled millions of miles. Hung with good and bad crowds. Been on top, and way down low too. Paid off some long overdues. Held the king and bad news.
I pull into the driveway. She meets me with a grin. Those little arms swung around my neck. The minute I walked in. Daddy I wrote my abc's. Daddy I drew a tree.
Just when I feel like a night on the town. Old friends haven't seen you around and you seem out of my life. And you walk in on the arm of the new man you found.
Well, I really look a mess ever since you left I guess. And the grass outside needs mowin'. Laundry's stacked up three foot tall, but I don't even care at all.
I met a girl from Johnson City, man. She's about the prettiest thing in the state. So I went down to the DMV. Was gonna get me some vanity plates. . I told 'em, "She's my everything, she's my dream come true.
I thought you might want to stay if I put my guitar away. Quit the band and came home to stay but that wouldn't do. And this old guitar of mine used to ease my troubled mind.
Grease in our hair, hands in our pockets. We stood and stared at cars goin' past. We placed our bets, where they were headed. And held our cigarettes like movie stars.
Me and Junior, Sunny and Steve. Hangin' at the fillin' station. And drinkin' cokes out by the grease rack. A week before graduation. . Tellin' lies 'bout the girls we knew.
Me and Junior, Sunny and Steve. Hangin' at the fillin' station. And drinkin' cokes out by the grease rack. A week before graduation. . Tellin' lies 'bout the girls we knew.
We go out to a party somewhere. The moment we walk in the door. People stop and everybody stares. She don't know what they're starin' for. . She don't know she's beautiful.
Each night you show up about a quarter to two. And in my dreams you always come true. And for awhile it's just like old times. But before I know it, you say goodbye.
Well you broke my heart then you said, "Goodbye". You didn't stick around long, enough to see me cry. I tried to get you on the phone. but you were long gone.
I played with love, I thought I was a sophisticated kind. I looked at life like modern lovers do. It's a game, I said, from bed to bed, never hurts these days.
Well, I met her out at Murphy's restaurant. She said, she was fresh from the farm. And I remember thinkin' for a country girl. That she went pretty well armed.
Hey ole buddy, how you been?. Not much has changed here on my end. No I don't think she's comin' back. We better not get into that. . Let's talk about baseball, talk a little small talk.
Screechin' to a halt in front of your house. The front door opened and your momma peeked out. I saw your silhouette brushin' your long hair. Any minute now you'd be slippin' downstairs.
When I was a kid I skinned my knee. And not one tear came out of me. Decided right then I was just born tough. And nothin' ain't ever gonna ruffle my feathers.
I've talked enough, you're smudging the truth. it's gasping for truth and getting nowhere.. Your lies aren't funny, and I fall for your talk. But I'm tired of stalling, I think it's high time I walked..
I rolled out of bed grabbed a cup of caffeine this morning. Walked out the door, didn't even kiss you goodbye. Hurrying to work, a car pulled out no warnin'.
I've been abused and used and skinned up and bruised. And thrown from a movin' train. I've been homeless, car less, lost in the wilderness. Out in the pourin' rain.