Slipped out of town without a handshake or goodbyeJust this old guitar, I had stars in my eyesI was playing bars and I was getting girlsI wasn't living right but I was staying high every nightUnderneath the glow of a neon lightOne morning I woke up, bottles as far as I could seeWhen I closed my eyes and I drifted back to sleep, I sawThe way Mama looked at me, even though I know I had to be hell to raise'Cause man I raised some hellHeard Daddy say "son get your lazy ass up'Cause there ain't no sense in sleeping all day"I thought about the folks back home and how they care about me soIt makes me wanna set this bottle down, almostThrough the haze of a smoky old saloonI saw a girl cuttin' me a grin from across the roomAnd I swear she had wingsShe loved to hear me play guitar and I loved to watch her dance and I loved to hear her singOne night she laid down the law, told me that I had to make a choiceWhen I closed my eyes and I listened to her voice I sawThe first time we held handsI saw the first time that we dancedI saw that one night on the creekAnd that night you snuck out of your dormAnd met me down on Mountain StreetThought about that Sumer we spent down on the coastMade me wanna set this bottle down, almostOne last time I found myself down and outI was just outside of Birmingham, in some no-name townI couldn't recall the night before, when I drank myself to sleepSo I threw on this old ball cap, and stumbled out into the streetToo many nights of the same old sameI got lost in this damn crowdBut when I packed up this old guitar case I took one last look around, and I sawThat old barn, where I kept my first truckAnd I walked my bird dog Bo past the pond where we killed our first duckI saw Grandpa's garden, I can still see them pretty vinesBut it's been some time, since they've held of muscadineThought about how Grandma's house still smells the sameEven though it's been a few years now, since I've seen her faceSo I raised my glass up for one last toastI finally set this bottle down, almost
