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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

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