And I'm one number away from calling to you I said I was through, but I'm dying inside Got my head in a mess, girl, I confess I lied when I said, "I'm leaving and not coming back" Might be the whiskey or the midnight rain But everywhere I go, I see your

And the desert that´s dry In a country town Where the map was found When the wagons leave the city For the forest and further on Painted wagon of the morning Dusty roads where they've gone Sometimes travelin´ through the darkness At the summer comin´

Hard to survive 'Cause even though we were young We had to stay strong No matter what we went through It was me and my crew And that's how it went When we were kids We were tryin' so hard Okay, I remember the days

Memories of everything Of lemon trees on mercury And come to me with remedies From five or six of seven seas And you always took me with a smile When I was down That blew through Sit up straight I'm on a double date

I am an outcast I'm a nomad without home I am an outlaw I'm disowned And I am no man's son The first man I killed was the earl's right-hand man When he came to take her away I ran his own sword straight through his throat

We walk through war in the halls Of dead protocols We came so close, demands were met That's when the rug was ripped out from under our feet A vicious crime, cold betrayal and deceit. Then reality hits you like a stab in the back Like a slap in the face,

That's the only time a man should talk through glass to his new son And you'd have to go back and teach me how when I was nine 'Cause my mama couldn't throw a ball even if she had the time Instead of learnin' how to smoke I bet if you'd have whooped my

The day before you came Must have left my house at eight, because I always do My train, I'm certain, left the station just when it was due I must have read the morning paper going into town And having gotten through the editorial, no doubt I must have

And when I'm hanging by a string, Every little thing Is understood Stronger than steel and wood. Seen me through the bad and good. Between Martin and me. He was born in the woods Torn from his home. Well, he was naked,

This house was built to stand the strain Now at last, we fall together We've been through it all together Ooh, I never stopped lovin' you When the money was short And dreams were shattered Faith in love was all That pulled us through I never stopped