Wish I Hadn't Stayed So Long

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Shooting stars and whiskey bottles all scattered across the yard
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I'd have stayed back home in Houston if I'd known it'd be this hard
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Ah but as it is I'm busted broke down across the bay
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And I might not make December if we keep carrying on this way
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Pretty girls and deep depressions keep falling from the sky
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I got all the time in heaven but no sense to wonder why
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And the nights have all gone crazy and the bars have all shut down
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One day I swear I'll blow it all, pack up, and leave this town


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And sometimes I get so tired of telling right from wrong
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Hey, I'm glad I came, just wish I hadn't stayed so long


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Here I am in Music City, long nights and neon signs
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And I can't seem to remember what I came so far to find
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Police cars and paper money motel rooms and cigarettes
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Yeah, they tell you, you ain't nothin' just in case you might forget
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I can hear the country music in the window up above
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Do they do it for the money, do they do it for the love?
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Bourbon eyes and stolen pistols seems all that comes my way
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I'm gonna burn down all my bridges, grab a car, and drive away


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And sometimes I can't believe I did all that for a song
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Hey, I'm glad I came, just wish I hadn't stayed so long


Solo:  A     E    D     E     D

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We could make Louisiana in two hours' time
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We could pull off of the highway by the big casino sign
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We could take up all our wishes and bet 'em all on black
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Hit the lights of Mississippi with the south wind at our back


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And it's always been the same down every road I've gone
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Hey, I'm glad I came, just wish I hadn't stayed so long


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