With a Salt Lake City blues I lost my sugar in Salt Lake City Oh, why did I go there I should have stayed down in New Orleans And never gone nowhere A girl with sweet talk from Kansas City Her words were sweet like wine She bought him diamonds and

Like a star you are so far But I need to find a place in your heart Wanderer star that you are How do you find a place in my heart Yes I sit and wonder why You would tell me a lie And I stayed up all night Yes! ­All night Should have known from the start

If you had my love And I gave you all my trust Would you comfort me? And if somehow you knew That your love would be untrue Would you lie to me? Why second guess? I should have stayed Your heart is hard to carry after dark You're to blame for what we

My feet plow on From light to dawn My empty belly and my body aches Ain’t hard to take Next to the weight I carry in my chest A pound of flesh Could never tip the scale that I’ve made I should have stayed

She should have stayed away from friends She should have had more time to spend She should have died when she was born She should have worn the crown of thorns She should have been a son She should have stood out in the crowd She should have made her