I'll tell you all a story of a man who lost his glory
and spends each night staring down the glass at the bar
he was high and he was happy, now he drinks until he's slappy
he doesn't have a single friend and sleeps out in his car
he met her in Kentucky and he was feeling kind of lucky
when he sat down by her at the bar and ordered her a drink
she was witty, cute and charming, but her temper was alarming
as she threw that whiskey in his face and gave him her sly wink
now I can't find the booze and I can't bare to lose
the girl that I've been loving since she first gave me her word
yes, my heart is more than heavy since she drove off in my Chevy
and she left me with the saddest story that I've ever heard
she said her daddy caught a fire, her mamma run o'er by a tire
her brother was in prison and her sister was a whore
she grew up on the street with no shoes on her feet
and Salvation Army rejects were the only clothes she wore
she loved me like a baby but she always answered "maybe"
when I asked her if she would be my bride to love through thick and thin
then she would go and pack her trunk and I would go off on a drunk
and after playing that game a dozen times I new that I would never win
now I can't find the booze and I can't bare to lose
the girl that I've been loving since she first gave me her word
yes, my heart is more than heavy since she drove off in my Chevy
and she left me with the saddest story that I've ever heard
words by Dan Whitaker and Tim Anderson
music by Dan Whitaker
© 2006 Starkananda Music
