| The first night I should’ve left you,
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| Before I shut my eyes,
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| I prayed to God I’d wake up somewhere else.
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| When the mornin' came to find me,
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| You were sleepin' there beside me,
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| I wondered if this nightmare ever ends…
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| The door was left wide open,
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| And the neighbors, they were smokin' in the afternoon,
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| To pass away the time.
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| You looked at me so cold and said,
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| «This house is not my home,»
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| I wish you knew how true that felt most nights.
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| Is it bitterness or sympathy,
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| That keeps you standin' here with me?
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| I’m not sure how much more I can take.
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| ‘Cause I have sacrificed my peace of mind,
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| To sit here with you wastin' time,
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| And now I think I’d like to walk away.
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| I was standing in Ohio,
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| On the 28th of March,
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| With a guitar and a suitcase in my hands.
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| When the wind, it stole my cap,
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| Lord, all I could do was laugh,
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| And thank the stars I’m still a drinkin' man.
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| Is it bitterness or sympathy,
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| That keeps you standin' here with me?
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| I’m not sure how much more I can take.
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| ‘Cause I have sacrificed my peace of mind,
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| To sit here with you wastin' time,
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| And now I think I’d like to walk away.
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| I was walkin' in a graveyard,
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| Where no one that I know rests,
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| Thinkin' maybe I could clear my head.
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| And on the cemetery breeze,
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| I heard a song about belief,
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| Sung with a thunder I can’t understand.
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| Is it bitterness or sympathy,
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| That keeps you standin' here with me?
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| I’m not sure how much more I can take.
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| ‘Cause I have sacrificed my peace of mind,
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| To sit here with you wastin' time,
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| And now I think I’d like to walk away. |