I should’ve known that you’d leave

This little pond to explore another sea.

You would show your teeth

To the wolves and have ‘em running for the trees.

Oh, the wolves… you’d have ‘em running for the trees.

You left town but your family doesn’t know yet…

You knew if you told ‘em

They probably wouldn’t let you go then.

And I don’t disagree… I just think you think differently than me

So when they come askin’ about you I’ll lie through my teeth.

Your silence was something

I never got used to.

You never let me put

My money where my mouth is...

And now it’s too late to…

To cut through your crying to

Calm you down

I used to be so good at it

You’d look at me

As if you knew the answer, you just needed it from me…

And when your father had too much to drink you’d hop your fence and cross the stream

Til the swing on my back porch would sing its song…

But now you’re on your own…

You left town but your family doesn’t know yet…

You knew if you told ‘em

They probably wouldn’t let you go then.

And I don’t disagree… I just think you think differently than me

So when they come askin’ about you I’ll lie through my teeth.

So when they come askin’ about you I’ll lie through my teeth.