I Didn't Come This Far (just To Walk Away)

I made five hundred miles in six hours flat

Trying to make up for lost time

I been beatin' a path to your mama's door

To set things between us right

Between the hands of fate and a lot of hard luck

This ain't been no gravy train

And I didn't come this far just to walk away

I slung a rod just east of Memphis

And that heap of a truck shut down

So for nine cold hours I thumbed my way

Straight to the guitar town

And the last twelve miles to your mama's house

I hiked through the pouring rain

And I didn't come this far just to walk away

I could have turned around a thousand times

And went back to where I'm from

But I'd go an extra million miles

If I could save what's left of us

Oh, it was a burning love that drove me here

And girl I hope and pray

That I didn't come this far just to walk away

I know that this front door ain't the only thing

That stands between you and me

All the things that I've said, and the wrong that I've done

Ain't undone easily

But I'm gonna prove my love to you

No matter what it takes

'Cause I didn't come this far just to walk away

Oh, I could have turned around a thousand times

And went back to where I'm from

But I'd go an extra million miles

If I could save what's left of us

Oh, it was a burning love that drove me here

And girl I hope and pray

That I didn't come this far just to walk away

Oh, I didn't come this far just to walk away