I didn’t wave goodbye, I didn’t even wave goodbye Yeah, not a single word had come out of my mouth I just stepped outside and I headed south Me and my old shoes and this old fashioned blues That I sent for you I turned my back and I walked into the night

If you were here, I'd never have a fear So go on live your life But I miss you more than I did yesterday You're so far away So c'mon show me how 'Cause I mean this more than words can ever say Oh baby here comes the sound I took a train outta New Orleans

It's cherry pink and apple blossom white When your true lover comes your way The poets say The story goes that once a cherry tree Beside an apple tree did grow And there a boy once met his bride to be Long long ago The boy looked into her eyes, it was a

And he didn't even know your name Young men come and young men go But life goes on just the same All day long he was fighting for you And I don't know why Why do we keep holding on I don't know why Pretending to be oh so strong

And you never knew my name You cut your teeth on the lack of answers, singing Come back home and it don't feel the same Well I've bled words onto a page for you Didn't I warn you not to? Didn't I warn you good? Maybe we couldn't help it Maybe we never

You cut your teeth on the lack of answers, singing Come back home and it don't feel the same Well I've bled words onto a page for you And you never knew my name Didn't I warn you not to? Didn't I warn you good? Maybe we couldn't help it Maybe we never

And how in the world did you come To be such a lazy love? And how am I supposed to live without you? A wrong word said in anger and you were gone Are you sleeping? Still dreaming? Still drifting off alone. I'm not leaving with this feeling So you'd

I have always been a storm Every night that goes between I feel a little less As you slowly go away from me This is only another test Every day you do not come Your softness fades away Did I ever really care that much

Oh no, I just can't understand How come you want a change of plans? Oh, oh, bad da, oh, oh bad da, oh bad da What did I do to break your heart? Tell me the story from the start Play it cool, oh yeah, come on baby Come on and tell me why you wanna say

I'll be makin' my way further down the road I'll be makin' my way I want to get there some day Half a mile outside Buloxi Did I come or did I go Seven sirens singin' to me Why I listen I don't know I got some smokes I got some coffee My head is ready to