Empty

[Verse 1] She lifts her skirt up to her knees Walks through the garden rows with her bare feet, laughin' I never learned to count my blessings I choose instead to dwell in my disasters I walk on down the hill Through grass, grown tall and brown And still it's hard, somehow, to let go of my pain On past the busted back of that Old and rusted Cadillac That sinks into this field, collecting rain [Chorus] Will I always feel this way? So empty, so estranged [Verse 2] And of these cutthroat busted sunsets These cold and damp white mornings, I have grown weary If through my cracked and dusty dime-store lips I spoke these words out loud, would no one hear me? Lay your blouse across the chair Let fall the flowers from your hair And kiss me with that country mouth, so plain Outside, the rain is tapping on the leaves To me, it sounds like they're applauding us The quiet love we've made [Chorus] Will I always feel this way? So empty, so estranged [Verse 3] Well, I looked my demons in the eyes Laid bare my chest, said, "Do your best, destroy me See, I been to hell and back so many times I must admit, you kinda bore me" There's a lotta things that can kill a man There's a lotta ways to die Yes, and some already did and walk beside me There's a lotta things I don't understand Why so many people lie It's the hurt I hide that fuels the fire inside me [Chorus] Will I always feel this way? So empty, so estranged