Hayes Carll – Wish I Hadnt Stayed So Long (Ukulele)

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Shooting stars and whiskey bottles all scattered across the yard 

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I'd have stayed back home in Houston if I'd known it'd be this hard 

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Ah but as it is I'm busted broke down across the bay 

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And I might not make December if we keep carrying on this way 

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Pretty girls and deep depressions keep falling from the sky 

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I got all the time in heaven but no sense to wonder why 

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And the nights have all gone crazy and the bars have all shut down 

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One day I swear I'll blow it all, pack up, and leave this town 

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And sometimes I get so tired of telling right from wrong 

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Hey, I'm glad I came, just wish I hadn't stayed so long 

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Here I am in Music City, long nights and neon signs 

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And I can't seem to remember what I came so far to find 

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Police cars and paper money motel rooms and cigarettes 

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Yeah, they tell you, you ain't nothin' just in case you might forget 

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I can hear the country music in the window up above 

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Do they do it for the money, do they do it for the love? 

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Bourbon eyes and stolen pistols seems all that comes my way 

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I'm gonna burn down all my bridges, grab a car, and drive away 

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And sometimes I can't believe I did all that for a song 

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Hey, I'm glad I came, just wish I hadn't stayed so long 

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We could make Louisiana in two hours' time 

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We could pull off of the highway by the big casino sign 

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We could take up all our wishes and bet 'em all on black 

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Hit the lights of Mississippi with the south wind at our back 

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And it's always been the same down every road I've gone 

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Hey, I'm glad I came, just wish I hadn't stayed so long