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This song is pretty self-explanatory. It tells the story of a "what if" situation, and weighs out the pros and cons of the potential outcome.

Originally released on the Homecoming album.

lyrics

When we were young did you ever once think
That we'd ever end up here
Laying side by side
Enough that you would reconsider
The potential for a mistake that you might make
If you left this all behind
Well it's just a risk worth taking I guess
When you know you can do better and I'm far from the best
But who in their right mind could write this song for you?
Honey I ain't no cowboy and this is the best I can do

So you wake up one morning on some lonely interstate
Driving off into the distance and carrying the weight
Of a thousand memories
Until you meet some prince and start spending your nights
With Amsterdam's finest til he shuts out the lights
And in his arms you fall asleep
But still you crawl into your hole of constant doubt
With a conscience so strong that you can't get out
But freedom has never been that far out of reach
It's just a small price to pay for not practicing what you preach

Sometimes I think about her when I'm standing alone
She's left a few scars around
And a piece of my youth
He's gonna write her endless poems about how he feels
And he leaves them on the night stand
You know you never can tell
But she believes he's telling the truth
But last night I had me a funky little dream
Where she was on a red eye flight
And she was twisting her ring
That wouldn't be right but neither is waking up alone
Left with his imprints on her bedsheets
And the last lines of a drunken love song

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from All The Streets We Named (The Acoustic Sessions), released May 21, 2014
Written and composed by Ryan Garrett

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