maybe we should up and leave this town
spend a year just chasing it around
like a couple of kids with nothing else to do
but that's not how I feel when I'm with you

if I thought it would do me good
if I could change my life I would
try a little bit harder
be a little bit stronger, a little bit wiser
and a little more loved by you

sometimes I wish I could make you see
there'll never be a better man for me
but it don't count if nothing's going right
and we've got the blues 'most every single night

maybe I should get out while I can
leave this thing alone maybe start a band
'cause baby I can't change the way it is
you've lost your smile and I've cried all my tears