The Breakdown

Well the car broke down in a one stop town Just before he was bout to turn around Not a single city limit sign to see where he's at When you're out that far your only options are Getting gone in the town dive bar And if you knew him you'd know he's good at that He was looking for peace with every new drink that he'd start But the words that made him leave Stuck with him like a scar She said when I'm with you life spins around I can feel us flyin' so don't look down Won't you hold my hand real tight so you don't drop me She said there ain't a better time to decide if you want me Well that bartender saw him in those eleven Empty shot glasses so he went and started guessing What it was that was tearing him apart Well the man said, "listen my story's kinda different Pay close attention cause you might not get it But let's just say it was trouble from the start" Well she told me that she loved me And I should feel so blessed But the thought of hurting that girl Scares me half to death He said "when I'm with her life spins around "I can feel her flying but I weigh her down If she's got me she'll never get where she needs to go She may not see that now but one day she'll know" Well the girl back home found that note Tears started staining all the words he wrote While he was trying to get that old Ford on the road She read his words again and again He broke her heart with truck keys and a pen But she'll keep this line until she's old Well I just talked to God And we feel this is best Trust me if I didn't love you I'd have never left The truck got fixed The note got flipped The Breakdown's over But another's setting in And they said Hang a left And 66 will take you west But as the years went by her life spun back around He's on the knee the last one never found And so they'll be diamond ringing wedding bells But she still has nights where her eyes don't close Breaking down by her porch window Hoping some way somehow She can wish him well But he's all alone In nobody knows where But if he listens real close He still hears her in the air