This old Buick´s like a needle on a compass
Pointed due west
I remember her smile like June sunflowers
And the look of her body as she slipped out of that dress
God, I´m such a mess
Never a mornin´ person, but that girl´s still in bed
The sheets are tanglin´ - her little arm is danglin´
The last dream from her pretty head
I told her I was leavin´
She didn´t believe the words I said

I ain´t ever goin´
I ain´t ever goin´
I ain´t ever goin´
Back there, again

She´ll put on her makeup and drink from her tea cup
Glance at that silver frame
See, I took our picture and then it´ll hit her
She´ll cry out with pain
Maybe, whisper my name

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No one´s gonna make me
Nothing´s gonna take me
I ain´t ever goin´
Back there, again

Now, don´t blame her mama - for makin´ me promise
Don´t come around here, no more
She said, "maybe your life´s gone to hell
But, that´s a tour of duty she didn´t sign up for"

When you can´t save yourself, you save somebody else
Maybe that´s how you survive
I´m runnin´ away so she don´t have to see
A life in slow-motion suicide
You throw in the towl - they call you a coward
Tell ya - fight, don´t cut and run
I ain´t no hero, but the truth is I know
It´s the bravest thing I´ve ever done
The hardest part is knowing what we could have
Shoud have become

I ain´t ever goin´
I ain´t ever goin´
I ain´t ever goin´

No one´s gonna make me
Nothing´s gonna take me
I ain´t ever goin´
Goin´
To break her heart, again