Wish I Hadn't Stayed So Long

Intro: Shooting stars and whiskey bottles all scattered across the yard I'd have stayed back home in Houston if I'd known it'd be this hard Ah but as it is I'm busted broke down across the bay And I might not make December if we keep carrying on this way Pretty girls and deep depressions keep falling from the sky I got all the time in heaven but no sense to wonder why And the nights have all gone crazy and the bars have all shut down One day I swear I'll blow it all, pack up, and leave this town And sometimes I get so tired of telling right from wrong Hey, I'm glad I came, just wish I hadn't stayed so long Here I am in Music City, long nights and neon signs And I can't seem to remember what I came so far to find Police cars and paper money motel rooms and cigarettes Yeah, they tell you, you ain't nothin' just in case you might forget I can hear the country music in the window up above Do they do it for the money, do they do it for the love? Bourbon eyes and stolen pistols seems all that comes my way I'm gonna burn down all my bridges, grab a car, and drive away And sometimes I can't believe I did all that for a song A (solo) Hey, I'm glad I came, just wish I hadn't stayed so long Solo: We could make Louisiana in two hours' time We could pull off of the highway by the big casino sign We could take up all our wishes and bet 'em all on black Hit the lights of Mississippi with the south wind at our back And it's always been the same down every road I've gone Hey, I'm glad I came, just wish I hadn't stayed so long