Back There Again

[Verse 1]

This old Buick's like a needle on a compass

Pointed due west

I remember her smile like June sunflowers

And the look of her body as she slipped out of that dress

God, I'm such a mess

Never a morning person, but that girl's still in bed

The sheets are tangling - her little arm is dangling

The last dream from her pretty head

I told her I was leaving

She didn't believe the words I said

[Chorus]

I ain't ever going

I ain't ever going

I ain't ever going

Back there, again

[Verse 2]

She'll put on her makeup and drink from her tea cup

Glance at that silver frame

See, I took our picture and then it'll hit her

She'll cry out with pain

Maybe, whisper my name

[Chorus]

I ain't ever going

I ain't ever going

I ain't ever going

Back there, again

[Verse 3]

No one's going to make me

Nothing's going to take me

I ain't ever going

Back there, again

Now, don't blame her mama - for making me promise

Don't come around here, no more

She said, "maybe your life's gone to hell

But, that's a tour of duty she didn't sign up for"

When you can't save yourself, you save somebody else

Maybe that's how you survive

I'm running away so she don't have to see

A life in slow-motion suicide

You throw in the towel - they call you a coward

Tell you  - fight, don't cut and run

I aren’t no hero, but the truth is I know

It's the bravest thing I've ever done

The hardest part is knowing what we could have

Should have become

[Chorus]

I ain't ever going

I ain't ever going

I ain't ever going

[Outro]

No one's going to make me

Nothing's going to take me

I ain't ever going

Going

To break her heart, again