Headed out to Phoenix
Driving all day
With a true love there beside me
To see a band from Memphis play
It was Phoenix where she'd grown up
And how the summers burned
I could see her youth and beauty and hard lessons learned
We rolled up to the house where she'd slept so many years
Met three generations of her family
Didn't find a single thing to fear
Held her close at Crescent Ballroom
It was Valentine's Day
As the ecstasy kicked in the band began to play
Felt so proud to stand beside her
Wished we'd never have to go
Took her picture with the singer outside after the show
At her sweet sister's apartment, I could see she was afraid
As the tears filled up her eyes I learned my faith had been misplaced
That was one thing that I did not see coming till it buried me alive
That road trip was just a long kiss goodbye, another reason to cry
Well I've been shown that long kiss goodbye by a few women before
It's a cruel form of kindness when she don't know how to say
That she knows she's leaving something good
Just not good enough to stay
It was a long drive back across the desert, she requested "no sad songs"
But she could not keep from crying
I just focused on the long road
We both knew this was the comedown
Nothing's ever what it seems
Stopped for ice cream, it tasted so cool
It still melted like our dream
I sit alone in my apartment, hard steel above my knees
Now there ain't much left but memories and nights like these
