Capo 5th fret

Standard (EADGBE)

I should have been careless, I should have been callous

underneath the street lamp's sodium glare

I should have been thorough, I should have pushed you back your stubborn heart

and left you once and forever there

but I kissed you

I smiled as I said goodbye

and I meant what I said

this is a rough road you wed

I'm sitting here in Dallas, in a dive in Texas

with an ache like a forearm for the spoon

I am peeling back the labels, I'm spinning empty bottles on the bar

lonely litters the room

and I miss you

even more than you warned I would

this is a bitch of a test

this is my white flag at best

(no guitar on album – Em)

step up, be brave, lay down you guard

give in an inch, give up your heart

just imagine how it'll feel if I let you take me home

just imagine waking up sorry and alone

with my head upon your chest

with my hand across my mouth

there are things in life I swore that I could live and do without

but I swear that was before you found me

I couldn't be careless, I couldn't be callous

on the night of our fourth of July

I couldn't be thorough, I couldn't push you back your stubborn heart

underneath the roman candle light

now I miss you

even more though I swore I never could

this is a bitch of a test

this is my white flag at best

of all the pretty places that I've been

honey none compare to you

I am sorry through and through oooh aaah

Ooh aah aaah aah aah

Oooh oh ooh and if you'll have me I am coming home to you.