Strays

[Verse 1]

It's bitter cold in Nashville mid November

I don't ever remember another one this cold

Except for January, 2003

We were young and hungry, runnin' like thieves

But the fortune that we had could not be told

Oh, everybody said we were wasting our time

But I don't want to die a waitress, or you a cookin' on a line

I was young, I had a chip on my shoulder

You were tall, maybe five years older

We got drunk and made love on the vеry first night

[Chorus]

Oh, love and pain it comes in waves

But it was quitе enough in those early days

We were wild as wolves

My darlin', we were strays

We were strays

[Verse 2]

Well, we didn't have no money and the heat was off

All that December we shared a twin bed and a cough

You were skinny but full of hunger

I was wise, just five years younger

A couple of dropouts, oh, but we still got off

[Bridge]

No two week notice

We'll slip through the cracks

Leave in the middle of the night with the cloths on our backs

Can't be a loser with nothin' to lose

And beggars are choosers with nothin' to choose

We didn't buy in or sell out

We got out while we can

[Chorus]

Oh it ain’t luck and baby it ain't fate

You just follow your gut

Hurry up and wait

Maybe there's a little somethin' left for the strays

We were strays

We were strays

We were strays

Oh, we were strays

Strays