Slipped out of town without a handshake or goodbye

Just this old guitar, I had stars in my eyes

I was playing bars and I was getting girls

I wasn't living right but I was staying high every night

Underneath the glow of a neon light

One morning I woke up, bottles as far as I could see

When I closed my eyes and I drifted back to sleep, I saw

The way Mama looked at me

even though I know I had to be hell to raise

'Cause man I raised some hell

Heard 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 so

It makes me wanna set this bottle down, almost

Through the haze of a smoky old saloon

I saw a girl cuttin' me a grin from across the room

And I swear she had wings

She loved to hear me play guitar

and I loved to watch her dance and I loved to hear her sing

One night she laid down the law

told me that I had to make a choice

When I closed my eyes and I listened to her voice I saw

The first time we held hands

I saw the first time that we danced

I saw that one night on the creek

And that night you snuck out of your dorm

And met me down on Mountain Street

Thought about that Sumer we spent down on the coast

Made me wanna set this bottle down, almost

One last time I found myself down and out

I was just outside of Birmingham, in some no-name town

I couldn't recall the night before

when I drank myself to sleep

So I threw on this old ball cap

and stumbled out into the street

Too many nights of the same old same

I got lost in this damn crowd

But when I packed up this old guitar case

I took one last look around, and I saw

That old barn, where I kept my first truck

And I walked my bird dog Bo past the pond

where we killed our first duck

I saw Grandpa's garden, I can still see them pretty vines

But it's been some time, since they've held of muscadine

Thought about how Grandma's house still smells the same

Even though it's been a few years now

since I've seen her face

So I raised my glass up for one last toast

I finally set this bottle down, almost