Miles and Mistakes

Verse 1]

I ain't seen my front porch in over three hundred days

Been sleepin’ in motels and highway cafes

Work boots by the bed, bottle by the sink

I try not to feel, so I don't have to think

There's a picture of home in my worn-out wallet

I stare at her smile, then reach for the faucet

Wash down the guilt with a burn in my throat

Then lie to myself like that's all she wrote

I’m just a name on a check, a voice on the phone

Runnin’ from demons I call work and alone

I swear every drink’s the last one I take

But I break that promise like roads I make

I miss who I was, and I miss her face

But I'm stuck between miles and mistakes

The foreman's bark, the engine’s roar

Keep me too tired to want any more

But when the night comes and the quiet sets in

The bottle’s my only familiar friend

She begged me to stay, I swore I'd provide

But I traded her love for the pain I hide

Now the house lights are off, and the door's locked tight

And I’m drunk-dialin’ ghosts in the middle of the night

Yeah, I’m just a shadow in some faraway town

Watchin’ my world all crumble down

I swear every drink’s the last one I take

But I keep findin’ new ways to break

And I miss who I was, and I miss her grace

But I’m lost between miles and mistakes

So pour one more for the road I chose

A man with a job, but nothin’ to show

If I make it back, it might be too late

Still chasin’ a home through miles and mistakes