He said he had to stop He hadn't had a drop of anything Stronger than coffee In ten months, three weeks And one long day He pushed away his plate Said it's better late than never done When it comes to getting right It took a while but I saw the light He said some things that cast long shadows That I never will out run And every day I spend living With ghosts of all the things that I've done wrong Grab a chair 'cause the list is long I can write you a country song About the reasons I'll be going home To a house full of memories Things I wish I'd done differently And when I'm feeling weak they keep me strong Ghosts of all the things that I've done wrong He said there's a spot of paint And it just ain't the right shade But it covers up the hole I made Where I broke my wrist the night she left And there's a lot of friends That I ain't seen in a lot of years But some are still hanging around In old pictures I can't take down He said some things that cast long shadows That I never will out run And every day I do battle With ghosts of all the things that I've done wrong Grab a chair 'cause the list is long I can write you a country song About the reasons I'll be going home To a house full of memories Things I wish I'd done differently And when I'm feeling weak they keep me strong Ghosts of all the things that I've done wrong I got a heart full of memories Things I wish I'd done differently And when I'm feeling weak they keep me strong Ghosts of all the things I've done wrong He said he had to stop He hadn't had a drop of anything Stronger than coffee In ten months, three weeks And one long day