Slipped out of town without a handshake or goodbye

Jesse′s old guitar had stars in my eyes

I was playing bars and I was getting girlsI wasn't livin′ right but I was staying high every night

Underneath the glow of the neon lights

One morning I woke up with bottles as far as I could see

When I closed my eyes and I drifted back to sleep I saw

The way momma looked at me even though I know I had to be hell to raise

'Cause man I raised some hell

Heard daddy say, 'Son, get your lazy ass up ′cause there ain′t no sense in sleeping all day.'

I thought about the folks back home and how they care about me so

It makes me wanna set this bottle down, almost

Through the haze of a smokey old saloon

I saw a girl cuttin′ me a grin from across the room

And I swear she had wings

She loved to hear me play guitar and I loved to watch her dance

And I loved to hear her sing

One night she laid down the law, told me that I had to make a choice

When I closed my eyes and I listened to her voice I saw

The first time we held hands

I saw the first time that we danced

I saw that one night on the creek

And that night you snuck out of your dorm and met me down on Mountain Street

I thought about that summer we spent down on the coast

Made me wanna set this bottle down, almost

One last time I found myself down and out

I was just outside of Birmingham

In some no-name town

I couldn't recall the night before when I drank myself to sleep

So I threw on this old ball cap and stumbled out into the street

Too many nights the same old same I got lost in this damn crown

But when I packed up thís old guitar case I took one last look around and I saw

That old barn where I killed my first truck

And I walked my bird dog Bo past the pond where we killed our first duck

I saw grandpa′s garden and I could still see them pretty vines

But it's been some time, since they′ve held of muscadine

I thought about how grandma's house still smells the same

Even though it's been a few years now since I′ve seen her face

So I raised my glass up for one last toast

I finally set this bottle down, almost