She Wouldn't Be Gone

Red roadside wildflower, if I'd only picked you

Took you home, set you on the counter

Oh, at least a time or two

Maybe she'd thought it through

Yellow sunset slowly dippin' down in the rearview

Oh, how she'd love to sit and watch you

I could have done that a whole lot more

If I hadn't been so stubborn, been so selfish

Thought about her more, thought about me less

Joked to make her laugh, held her when she cried

A little more of that, maybe I

Wouldn't be drivin' like hell, flyin' like crazy down the highway

Callin' everyone we know, stoppin' any place she might be

Goin' any place she might go, beatin' on the dash

Screamin' out her name at the windshield, tears soakin' up my face

If I had loved her this much all along, maybe, maybe, yeah, maybe

She wouldn't be gone

She wouldn't be gone

She warned me it was comin', said if I didn't change

She was leavin'

I just didn't believe she would ever really walk out

God, I believe her now

Called her mama, cried like a baby to her best friend

If they've seen her, they ain't sayin', they ain't sayin'

Now, I'm cursin' like a fool, prayin' it ain't too late

All I wanna do is fix my mistakes

Find her, beg her for one more try, until then, damn it, I'll

Be drivin' like hell, flyin' like crazy down the highway

Callin' everyone we know, stoppin' any place she might be

Goin' any place she might go, beatin' on the dash

Screamin' out her name at the windshield, tears soakin' up my face

If I had loved her this much all along, maybe, maybe, yeah, maybe

She wouldn't be gone

I wouldn't be beatin' on the dash

Screamin' out her name at the windshield, tears soakin' up my face

If I had loved her this much all along, maybe, maybe, yeah, maybe

She wouldn't be gone

Red roadside wildflower, if I'd only picked you

Took you home, set you on the counter, oh, at least a time or two

Maybe she'd thought it through