If Heartaches Had Wings

It's three in the morning on a Saturday night

The laundry and dishes just ain't worth the fight

Headlights are dancing across the living room wall

And that lone distant highway just echoes the hall

Now the babies are sleeping on back in their rooms

And he's been passed out on the sofa since noon

And nobody told her about none of these things

And God only knows she'd leave there if heartaches had wings

If heartaches had wings she would fly

Away like some bird through the night

It's a long, long way from a young girl's dream

And she'd surely leave there

If heartaches had wings

She grew up believing

That wishes come true

A knight on a white horse

Like some young girls do

So she married her the captain

Of the school football team

Just like she was supposed to

As homecoming queen

She turns out the lights and she lays down in bed

The sounds of that highway still run through her head

She closes her eyes and she whispers those prayers

And falls asleep wondering does anyone care

And God knows she leave there

If heartaches had wings