Watch Me Leave

You said I’d never make it out,

Said this town would hold me down.

Everybody had a reason

Why I shouldn’t dream out loud.

So I packed up every doubt,

Threw it in the backseat.

Didn’t have a map,

Just enough gas to disappear.

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You can keep talking.

I’m already gone.

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Watch me leave.

Don’t blink now.

I’m too far gone

To turn around.

Watch me leave.

Windows down.

All that noise

Don’t make a sound.

You said I’d stay.

You said I’d fall.

Funny how

You missed it all.

Watch me leave.

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Everybody wants the ending,

Nobody likes page one.

Everybody loves a winner

After all the work is done.

I quit asking for permission.

Started asking, “Why not me?”

Funny what can happen

When you finally set yourself free.

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Maybe coming back

Was never part of the plan.

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Watch me leave.

Headlights on.

Chasing something

Bigger than home.

Watch me leave.

No regrets.

I’ll remember you…

But I won’t stay yet.

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You wanted proof.

Now watch.