Wish I Hadn't Stayed So Long

Shootin' stars and whiskey bottles

All scattered across the yard

I'd-a stayed back home in houston

If I'd known it be this hard

Oh but as it is I'm busted

I broke down across the bay

And I might not make December

If we keep carrying on this way

Pretty girls and deep depressions

Keep falling from the sky

I got all the time in heaven

But no sense to wonder why

And the nights have all gone crazy

And the bars have all shut down

One day I swear I'll blow it all

Pack up and leave this town

And sometimes I get so tired

Of telling right from wrong

Hey I'm glad I came

Just wish I hadn't stayed so long

Here I am in music city

Long nights and neon signs

And I can't seem to remember

What I came so far to find

Police cars and paper money

Motel rooms and cigarettes

Here to tell you ain't nothin'

Just in case you might forget

I can hear the country music

In the window up above

? do it for the money

Do it, do it for the love

? and stolen pistols

Seemed all that comes my way

I'm gonna burn down all my bridges

Find a car and drive away

And sometimes I can't believe

I did all that for a song

Hey I'm glad I came

Just wish I hadn't stayed so long

We could make Louisiana

In two hours time

We could pull off of the highway

By the big casino sign

And we could take up all our wishes

And bet 'em all on black

Hit the lights of Mississippi

With the Southland at our backs

And it's always been the same

Down every road I've come

Hey I'm glad I came

Just wish I hadn't stayed so long