I keep knockin over whiskeys no ones laughin at my jokes they got me spinnin round in circles like a tin can in the spokes
when i left town this mornin with a smile upon my face ahh babe i swear i never knew id end up in this place
chorus: run away little darlin you dont need me anymore ive been out here for too long it aint like it was before
if i get back home to houston im gonna tip my hat and cry when i left i was a younger man too proud to say goodbye im gonna wake up in the mornin with a conscience ten feet tall im gonna lay my head down wiser or i wont lay down at all
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you used to live out on the border where no one else could reach now i cant ask a question without you givin a speech you said, i never cared babe you know that isnt true its just the only thing you asked of me was the one thing i cant do