Weddings, Funerals, And Empty Hotel Bars

Do you mind if I sit down, am I keeping you from closin'?

I need a double shot of something, yeah, just leave it open

Me I'm from here, but I ain't been back lately

Not since my sister Jamie had her baby in the fall

Me and my friends used to come here in the 90's

Stupid kids with fake IDs, rebels without a cause

Ain't it funny, they're still lining up on Elm Street?

Sometimes I miss those old reams, cheers to what could have been

But I know better than to drag up memories

What's meant to be is meant to be

Like eighteen and leavin' in a beat up car

And time has a way of makin' hometowns disappear

Feels like I only show up here

For holidays and acts of God

Weddings, funerals and empty hotel bars

Did you ever have somebody that burned you up completely?

Be glad believe me, that's why I'm drinkin' now

Yeah, I saw him standin' with our old friends

And the girl I maybe could've been if I'd stuck around

But I know better than to drag up memories

What's meant to be is meant to be

But try to tell that to a heart

And time has a way of makin' hometowns disappear

Feels like I only show up here

For holidays and acts of God

Weddings, funerals and empty hotel bars

Guess I'll call it a night, 'cause I've got an early morning

If you're feelin' lonely, I'm in room 128

I could use somebody, that ain't his body

I know I'm probably just puttin' off the pain

But I know better than to drag up memories

What's meant to be is meant to be

Tomorrow I'll pack up my car

And all those regrets, they'll be in my rearview mirror

I'll see the bigger picture, but tonight's the hardest part

Of weddings, funerals and empty hotel bars

Weddings, funerals and empty hotel bars