Parade

At a late night dive in some town where I played that night
On a barstool next to some fool who can’t do nothing right
He picked up a phone call from his ex wife
I sipped my drink through their entire fight
It probably wasn’t the thing for me to do
But I sure did learn a thing or two
About what I wish I’d said to you
Come back to town, so I can parade you around
And everybody gets to see what I lost
Come back to town so you can turn right around
I wanna see if you can leave for real this time
Mile marker signs and neon lights have been my guide
I don’t think I’m sober enough to talk to you tonight
I wish like hell that all this courage meant a thing
But I know I’d hang myself with the words I’d try to string
But I ain’t giving up, no I’ll call you in the morning
Let’s see if this drunk fool can say it as good as he did
Come back to town, so I can parade you around
And everybody gets to see what I lost
Come back to town so you can turn right around
I wanna see if you can leave for real this time
Come back to town, so I can parade you around
And everybody gets to see what I lost
Come back to town so you can turn right around
I wanna see if you can leave for real this time