Verse 1]
Left my boots in the mud, don’t need ‘em no more
Left that key on your table, right next to the drawer
Where you hid your love like a loaded gun
I was already dead when this all begun
Ain’t no sunrise where I’m headed tonight
Just blacktop whispers and a dashboard light
Don’t waste a tear, don’t call my name
A ghost can’t come back to where he’s been blamed
[Chorus]
If I go, I ain’t comin’ back
Let the wind take my soul off track
Ain’t no home for a man like me
Just miles of silence and used-to-be
If I die somewhere in the cracks
Write it down, don’t dress it in black
Just know I left…
And don’t come lookin’
[Verse 2]
You’ll lie to your friends, say I lost my mind
Say I drank too much or ran from time
But deep down, you know the truth you hide
I gave you my life… and you watched it die
I ain’t bitter, I’m just done
Done with bleeding for someone’s fun
You can keep the ring, keep the blame
I’m takin’ my pain and changin’ my name
[Chorus]
If I go, I ain’t comin’ back
Don’t send prayers, don’t send a map
I ain’t lost, I just walked away
From a love that begged me not to stay
If I die, don’t dress it in black
Just carve these words on a railroad track:
“He left for good… and don’t come lookin’.”
[Bridge]
I ain’t mad — I’m just free
First time I’ve felt like me
And if I fade into the trees
Let me be
Let me be
[Final Chorus]
If I go, I ain’t comin’ back
Ain’t no songs gonna fill that gap
Let the night take what’s left of me
Bury it deep where love won’t see
And if I die on some no-name track
Don’t lie and say you’d take me back
Just say I left…
And don’t come lookin’.