There used to be a sign Saying, "Welcome to Population 82" Just a little town with no line streets Where I loved you and you loved me But there ain't
You know if I'd seen her comin' I'd probably tried to hide But I came around the corner And she caught me by surprise There was no ice cold shoulder
Well, I run a little tavern on a dead end street My ears are pretty bent, by the time I close at three Everybody's got a wish that comes in here A little
When I walk out on our war The last shot fired, the slamming door When I can't take it anymore And I take a drive When the words that I just spoke Are
Two six packs of shiner A ninety nine cent, butane lighter Lucky strikes an' a fifth of Patron Ice down that Igloo cooler A tank of gas, that oughta do
Well, I'm laid up on a creek-bank With a cold one in my hand It's eighty-eight in the shade I got the bait in an old tin can An' ol' Blue's been a barkin
We went to bed last night again, angry It seems like lately, we been doin' that more an' more I woke up still mad an' it scared me When I couldn't remember
Spent the night with Jim Beam and Johnny Walker Red Woke up with a freight train runnin' through my head I'm a beer man, Bobby's more the wine kind, Donny
My conscience finally got to me Workin' sixty hours a week Leavin' her alone, bored to death at home So, one day, I asked off early I dropped that bottle
There ain't a four lane road within twenty some miles from here This town ain't got Wal-mart and never ever will There's a church and a fillin' station
The hood's up, the oil is leakin' The bolt's broken off an' my knuckles are bleedin' But the sun is shinin' an' the birds are singin' An' so am I Now
She's like the ocean that takes my breath away Endless an' open and in a moment she can change Like water flowin' and fillin' up my soul No way of knowing
Every now and then I got out with a friend or two And have a few rounds I make it home by ten, but I remember when I used to close that place down The
She had her car loaded all down Pointed east as she headed on out But I had no idea how long it'd take There ain't a tree, no there ain't a rock Nothing
He left gravel flying, tears falling from her eyes When he got home that evening he didn't apologize He left a rose on the table, she let that be enough
Try and put your arms around the 100 year old tree Climb up on a horse and let it run full speed Take a look down at the world from 30,000 feet On your
We might call an old friend up an' lay an old grudge down Tell somebody that we love, that we love 'em We might turn a wrong to right shine a brighter
Tell 'em all I'm on vacation Say I went to visit friends That you ain't seen or heard From me in quite a while When they ask you where I've been Tell
