Tracks

The road that I’m traveling is the only one I’ve known

The closer I get, the further I’ve gone

I would hold you close, but I’m out here alone

And I’m too many miles away from home

You were dancing in Atlanta when I first saw you

I promised you the world, but I never came through

I talked you into running away from that town

As the Braves won the series we were Nashville bound

You were a pretty good singer I played rhythm guitar

We never had plans on ever being stars

We didn’t to it for money we didn’t do it for the love

We did it for the freedom and the heavens above

And the road I’m traveling is the only one I’ve known

The closer I get, the further I’ve gone

I would hold you close but I’m out here alone

And I’m too many miles away from my home

We lit out of Nashville when I owed the wrong man

Made our way up North to what seemed like a foreign land

It was cold up in Fargo and the snow was so high

So were we, but we believed we could fly

We landed out West, in downtown Cheyenne

With boots all around and not a dollar in our hands

I sold pills in the day, you worked through the night

It was a hard way of living just to keep us high

And the road I’m traveling is the only one I’ve known

The closer I get, the further I’ve gone

I would hold you close but I’m out here alone

And I’m too many miles away from my home

There were motels and missions along the way

I cherished your time and the love that we made

I left you this morning with roses all across your bed

The tracks on your arms will tell them the rest

If I could turn back time and start over again

I would have left you alone before we began

But I wouldn’t have your picture tattooed on my chest

Or these tracks on my arms to remember I was blessed

And the road I’m traveling is the only one I’ve known

The closer I get, the further I’ve gone

I would love to hold you, but I’m out here alone

And I’m too many miles away from my home

I would love to hold you, but I’m out here alone

And I’m too many miles away from my home