Chainsmoking your love It's getting harder to breathe Can't be good for my sanity Can't be good for my lungs I know my lease is up and the bailiff's at the door And still I'm hanging on to the life we had before I know this cold love won't lead me to the

Walk away now and you're gonna start a war Whatever went away, I?ll get it over now I?ll get money, I?ll get funny again We expected something, something better than before We expected something more Do you really think you can just put it in a safe

Before you accuse me, take a look at yourself You say I've been spending my money on other women You've been taking money from someone else I called your mama 'bout three or four nights ago Come back home baby, try my love one more time Well your mother

So don't knock it, don't knock it, you've been here before I just wanted to know if I could go home So don't knock it, don't knock it I got a notion to say what doesn't feel right Got an answer in your story today It gave me a sign that didn't feel

Before you were born, I was already sinning I can't even be your friend It's not because the light here is brighter That I could ever be your friend Your mama's got nothing on me Your daddy's got nothing on me And the world that sleeps in it's lunacy

I saw your daughter yesterday As I was idle on the porch She slept-walked from your house down the walkway As though she'd done it all before And the moon was out And in her gown beside the riverbed She got down on her knees And wrapped her long hair up

If we gave it just one more try Maybe we could stop this goodbye I know through all this pain Baby just breathe in, breathe out Before you turn around, just slow down Think of all the love we've made Somehow somewhere love remains So baby just breathe

Nobody compares to you There's gotta be some way to get you to want me like before 'Cause no one ever looks so good in a dress And it hurts 'cause I know you won't be mine tonight Now all my friends say it's not really worth it But even if that's true

A lot of hell got raised But wound up where I was supposed to Making my way making my way to you A lot of beer got drank A lot of nights got long but that was long Before I saw your face Now baby I'm holding on To what I never wanna lose I took a few

You kept on thinking You were the only one Too busy thinking Love is a gun It's not that complicated But you're gonna need a bullet proof soul Wasn't that enough for you I know the end before The story's been told