When We Were Close

I got a picture of us back when we were close Before we had somebody picking out our clothes But you always dressed in your Sunday best Even when we didn't have nowhere to go I got a picture of us playing in a bar And your shirt cost more than your guitar But you played so heavy, and you always let me sing a couple Even though you were the star I was the worst of the two of us But Rex's Blues wasn't through with us You were bound for glory and grown to die Oh, but why wasn't I? Why wasn't I? I saw a picture of you laughing with your child And I hope she will remember how you smiled But she probably wasn't old enough, the night somebody sold your stuff That left you on the bathroom tiles Got a picture of you dying in my mind With some ghosts you couldn't bear to leave behind But I can hear your voice ring, as you snap another B-string And you finish off the set with only five And for a minute there, you're still alive I was the worst of the two of us But Rex's Blues wasn't through with us You were bound for glory and grown to die Oh, but why wasn't I? Why wasn't I? It's not up to me to forgive you For the nights that your love had to live through Now you'll never need to look me in the eye I am the last of the two of us But the Fort Worth blues isn't through with us You've travelled beyond the Great Divide Oh, but why haven't I? Why haven't I?