When You Leave That Way You Can Never Go Back

I remember waking in the morning To the sound of a rooster's crow Mama cooking in the kitchen And Arthur Gothrie on the radio Me and dad were just like strangers We never did see eye to eye It came to blows one Sunday morning So I packed my bags and I said goodbye And when you leave that way you can never go back A train won't run on a torn up track Some times I wish I'd never roamed, oh no. 'Cause when you leave that way you can never go home. Then I met a girl in Knoxville Oh we set our wedding date Left her standing at the altar With a baby on the way... And when you leave that way you can never go back A train won't run on a torn up track Some times I wish I'd never roamed, oh no. 'Cause when you leave that way you can never go home. Lord I'd love to see my Mom and Daddy And what I'd give to hold that boy of mine I'd get down on my knees and say I'm sorry If I could only go back one more time But I killed a man in Houston When he caught me with his wife And I told the preacher man to leave me alone When he came to read my rights And he said son When you leave that way you can never come back A soul won't roll on a torn up track All through eternity you'll roam alone 'Cause when you leave that way you can never come home. All through eternity you'll roam alone 'Cause when you leave that way you can never come home.