She's in a hotel where she won't tell And it's damn well killin' me If I could find her, I'd be kinder I'd stand behind her like she used to do for
Got some money in my pocket, got my ticket in my hand Ain't got time to talk, ain't got time to explain Ain't gonna ride a Greyhound or a midnight
It sure is cold tonight out here on this highway And my mind is on someone warm and far away Although it's been all wrong I know I'd make it right
I'll fix some coffee while you check on your flight Be sure to call me when you get there tonight I put a card and a candle in your overnight Baby
She ran out of luck and started sweatin' bullets She tried to get a job but she couldn't do it Now she's livin' in a suitcase out on the street He
When Loretta left me back here in Saint Paul My head started spinnin', my heart hit the wall Now I gotta get it worked on Gotta get it worked on
All of a sudden it hit me And knocked me down where I stood I tried to get up and get out of that place But it didn't do any good Now, I remember
My ship came and she sunk it I was the toast of the town and she drunk it I had a run of good luck and she ran it right into the ground And now's
don't treat her better Nothin' lasts forever Nothin' lasts forever So have a good time And try to string a few together Remember what I told you, nothin
The sun is shinin' But you don't you know it's rainin' in my heart I feel the walls closing in At just the thought of you leavin' It's gone too far
Honey I know you got a good job, you're out there makin' all that dough But they keep you late workin' that overtime, and I don't ever see you no more
I spent a lot of time in the past Kissin? other people?s ass But now I?m where I wanna be Sittin? here watchin? the rain Took off my shoes and dumped
She left a lipstick letter on the mirror, shattered on the bathroom floor All I could put back together was, "never see me no more." Took all her clothes
