Salt

I pay for my room

And i try to forget it

It’ll kill me I knew

The memory, if I let it

Hearts don’t fly but they can run like hell when we have to

I didn’t leave you a note

I didn’t leave you a photo

I didn’t leave you a chance

But I left you, I guess you know

You’re wondering now how long it’ll take before I start missing you

But you ain’t worth the time

You ain’t worth the pain

You ain’t worth the spit in my mouth when I scream out your name

You ain’t worth the life they hand out in a town this small

You ain’t worth the sound of the TV from the room down the hall

Or my weight in salt

Six years of cryin

That’s all that you gave me

Not one more thing

Not even a baby

We were close one time but i guess God is smarter than I am

You broke every promise

You broke every whisper

You broke every vow the moment you kissed her

And you never thought twice

You never gave a damn

But you ain’t worth the time

You ain’t worth the pain

You ain’t worth the spit in my mouth when I scream out your name

You ain’t worth the life they hand out in a town this small

You ain’t worth the sound of the TV from the room down the hall

Or my weight in salt

All of the salt

Gathered from tears

Carefully collected from journals and prayers

It’d take you a month of Sundays to lift with a spoon

To pour on the wound

But you ain’t worth the time

You ain’t worth the pain

You ain’t worth the spit in my mouth when I scream out your name

You ain’t worth the cost to repair the hole in the kitchen drywall

You ain’t worth the good advice written on a dirty bathroom stall

Or my weight in salt