I was fifteen when my daddy died, mama worked two jobs just to get by
Seemed like a blessing when Harley came around so she took his name but I had my doubts
Didn't take long for his drinking ways to start showing up on mama's face
One violent night hiding under my bed I swore that he wouldn't see another sunset
Next day I followed him down to the riverbank

I just walked in and you were gone
To your momma's I suppose
Looks like you won't be back
So I thought You ought to know
I found that note you left today
It only took you half a page
I'm gonna grab my ol' guitar take a pencil from the jar, fill in the empty space

I'm gonna tell you how I feel
Straight up genuine and real
Open a bottle of 9

1 2 3 like a bird I sing cause youve given me
the most beautiful set of wings and I'm so glad
you're here today cause tomorrow I
might have to go and fly away

Hey

I'm down to my last dollar
I've walked right through my shoes
Just a small reminder of the hell that I've gone through
But look at me still smiling as I'm wondering what I'll do

I been caught sideways out here on the crossroads
Tryin' to buy back the pieces I lost of my soul
It's hard when the devil won't get off your back
It's like carryin' around the past in a hundred pound sack

Today, I'm gonna keep on walkin'
I'm gonna hold my head up high
Gonna leave it all behind
Today, I'm gonna stand out in the rain
Let it wash it all away, yeah wash it all away

Stopped to have a few at five now you're crossing that center line for the third time
Second time like this this week had a friend ask you for your keys
You said 'no I'm fine'
You sure do act like you don't got a thing to lose
But every car you pass might be the one's you take with you

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You'd give your last breath to your wife
Take a bullet for your kids

There's nothin' here to catch me now, I'm gonna fall, anyway, it's just that kind of day
You might not know me good but you know me good enough to make me okay, okay

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Just close your eyes and put you lovin' on me
Put your lovin' on me
Take this weight off me
And put your lovin' on me

Theres a chance that you might see somethin' rollin' off my cheek, but don't stop, its not you.

Horses are running wide open I just gotta ride
To those honky-tonk bars that stay open way past closing time
Songs about free thinkin' and drinkin' sure light my fire
That flame leaves a scar on my heart like an old branding iron

She said rodeo man where are you going
Don't you know that the life of a cowboy is no good alone
If you tear down that fence of rusty barbed wire

I'm so glad that I met you baby,
I'm so proud when we walk in the room,
I know it's crazy to worry like I do,
I get this feeling that I'm losing you,

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I get these Suspicions
Even though i know what you love me baby and i really shouldnt feel this way,
Ooo Suspicions I can't help that your just so good looking,
I'm afraid somebodies gonna steal you away from me.

theres a bottle
on the dresser by your ring
and its empty
so right now i dont feel a thing
i'll be hurtin
when i wake up on the floor
and i'll be over it by noon
and that's the difference
between the whiskey and you

come tomarrow
i can walk in any store
it aint a problem
yeah they'll always sell me more
but your forgivness
is something i can't buy
aint a thing that i can do