You seemed so sweet at the start But the start's all wrong You say you speak from your heart But your heart's all gone Yeah your heart's all gone Take off the gloves We fell in love by the side of the road This desert will break you down The veins you cut

None of y'all niggas can see me Runnin' 'round with the paper bag Goin' crazy spendin' all this cash A nigga don't need a seatbelt Catch a body in broad day I got the key to the city I got a hoe that's saddity Talk to that bitch in Swahili Tattoo my name

I just came back to say goodbye (I just came back) Goodbye baby I really hope you're satisfied, And my road seems dark at night, Got stones in my passway, I got stones in my passway, I got pains in my heart, They done taken my appetite.

My future's so bright, that all I see is stars My shades on in the club, I don't see you broads I don't see you broads, I, I don't see you broads If I stand next to ice, then I'm camouflaged If I stand next to lights, then I'm camouflaged I don't see you

I know just what I need To find my way back to Tennessee To Southern, is so sweet And find my way back to Tennessee I'm on the road now I'm coming home now Fancy cars and diamond rings I seen all kinds of shiny things I should be feelin' like a king

I've never been so torn up in all of my life, I should of seen this coming. I've never felt so hopeless, Than I do tonight. A boy of anguish now, he's a man of soul, Traded in his misery for the lonely life of the road. The years were cruel to him no He

I've seen the lights go out on Broadway Seen the lights go out Broadway I saw the Empire State laid low And life went on beyond the Palisades They all bought Cadillacs And left there long ago They held a concert out in Brooklyn To watch the island

Give my love to Rose please won't you mister Take her all my money, tell her to buy some pretty clothes And don't forget to give my love to Rose I found him by the railroad track this morning I could see that he was nearly dead I knelt down beside him

It's a lonely road, full of tired men And you can see it in their faces And you'll be home in spring I can wait 'til then I heard you're on the big train And oh this too shall pass This loneliness won't last for long I wasn't there to take his place I

The death of a bachelor Letting the water fall Seems so fitting for Happily ever after (woo) How could I ask for more? A lifetime of laughter At the expense of the death of a bachelor I'm walking the long road, watching the sky fall