Almost

Slipped out of town without a handshake or goodbye Jesse's old guitar, they had stars in my eyes I was playing bars and I was getting girls I wasn't livin' right, but I was staying high every night Underneath the glow of the neon light One morning, I woke up with bottles as far as I could see When I closed my eyes and I drifted back to sleep, I saw- The way momma looked at me even though I know I had to be hell to raise 'Cause man, I raised some hell Heard daddy say, "Son, get your lazy ass up 'cause there ain't no sense in sleeping all day" I thought about the folks back home and how they care about me so It makes me wanna set this bottle down, almost Through the haze of a smokey old saloon I saw a girl cuttin' me a grin from across the room And I swear she had wings She loved to hear me play guitar and I loved to watch her dance And I loved to hear her sing One night she laid down the law, told me that I had to make a choice When I closed my eyes and I listened to her voice, I saw- The first time we held hands I saw the first time that we danced I saw that one night on the creek And that night you snuck out of your dorm and met me down on Mountain Street I thought about that summer we spent down on the coast Made me wanna set this bottle down, almost One last time I found myself down and out I was just outside of Birmingham in some No-name Town I couldn't recall the night before when I drank myself to sleep So I threw on this old ball cap and stumbled out into the street Too many nights, the same old same, I got lost in this damn crown But when I packed up this old guitar case, I took one last look around, and I saw- That old barn where I killed my first truck And I walked my bird dog Bo past the pond where we killed our first duck I saw grandpa's garden and I could still see them pretty vines But it's been some time since they've held of muscadine I thought about how grandma's house still smells the same Even though it's been a few years now since I've seen her face So I raised my glass up for one last toast I finally set this bottle down, almost