Sister cries out from her baby bed Brother runs in, feathers on his head Mama's in her room learnin' how to sew Daddy's drinkin' beer, listenin' to the
Do you recall, Daddy when I was six? I got lost out in the woods and you worried yourself sick What about the day I got in my first fight Mama, she got
I felt the tug of the ties that bind As I crossed that city limit sign Drivin' past that old school reminds me Of what I had with her A lotta roads underneath
I ain't got her an' I ain't got a clue Of what I did and didn't do All I know is I'm wearing her number out No explanation, it didn't take long For her
Full count, three runs down bottom of the ninth Two outs gone, three men on they all roll their eyes It's tiny's chance to prove them wrong and come out
Run your car off the side of the road Get stuck in a ditch way out in the middle of nowhere Or get yourself in a bind, lose the shirt off your back Need
My heart is spent, my pride bent Her love is gone and who knows where it went And everyday is one more day Little steps that I can barely take They say
I shook off the blame and said some things When I should have bit my tongue My foolish pride made the knot we tied, come undone I've got more regrets
I was born beside this river 'Bout a half a mile from here But I never seemed to notice That the water ran this clear And I've never seen that color
Bobby Darwin's daughter Looks up from the Bible she's been reading To the clock on her dirty wall of a double wide, it's 3 a.m. Her husband's on the
It's dark in here tonight A great place to come and hide from the blues Hey, I don't mean to intrude But I've seen that look before And I've heard that
Today my radio played a new love song Pretty soon, I was singing along When the chorus came around, I knew Every word, every line was written about you
Cop tells the principal he's only making noise Cut the kid some slack he's an excitable boy I've been a renegade since the day I was born I get a little
A little boy on a big jet plane Taking off in the pouring rain They're bouncin' 'round like a basketball He says, Mama what if we fall? She looks in
We went out for beers and a couple laughs Knowing full well that every bad joke that Jimmy told, might be his last So we laughed like the world wasn'
We argued over whether I could buy that Chevy That Silverado sitting in the drive She would always given when we'd fight about religion Even though, Lord
I'm on a white line runnin' down the interstate Tryin' to wipe away the rain that's runnin' down my face Goin' any old ware, any old place Just some place
Graffiti on the overpass, skidmarks on the road Things I grew up doing, I never did outgrow In the middle of those running years, she walked into my life
