Save Yourself - James McMurtry

[00:01.79]Save Yourself - James Mcmurtry
[00:10.25]You couldn't get what you were after
[00:15.1]After all was said and done
[00:19.51]Amid the echoes of the screams and the laughter
[00:23.74]Cracking the blinds to the noonday sun
[00:28.09]Running out of room tugging at the tether
[00:32.83]Old desires on the closet shelf
[00:36.64]You read between the lines until the lines ran together
[00:41.86]Somehow had to save yourself
[00:46.44]Somehow had to save yourself
[00:49.74]'Cause it don't come back once it's gone
[00:54.23]Now you wonder why you had to wait so long
[00:59.0]Wasn't no sense being where you don't belong
[01:05.48]Got to save yourself
[01:13.53]Now your bad boy runs you ragged
[01:17.85]But the nice guy bores you flat to tears
[01:22.42]He sends you flowers and birthday cards
[01:25.92]He tries so hard and he's out of here
[01:30.229996]'Cause it's all you can handle just to stay okay
[01:35.64]You don't need nobody's pain
[01:40.130005]You've got no room for baggage
[01:44.619995]Passengers must now de-plane
[01:47.869995]'Cause it don't come back once it's gone
[01:52.36]Now you wonder why you had to wait so long
[01:56.94]Wasn't no sense being where you don't belong
[02:03.49]Got to save yourself
[02:08.04]Got to save yourself
[02:38.38]Your new job keeps you busy
[02:42.84]The old car runs alright
[02:47.19]The hot wind off the concrete
[02:51.8]Sometimes keeps you up at night
[02:55.61]The lights go off in the building
[02:57.63]And you're sitting there alone
[03:00.07]'Cause the girls and boys you run with
[03:02.34]Have all up and gone home
[03:04.53]And you're sifting through the ashes
[03:06.57]Getting way down dark and deep
[03:09.02]You've got your life all figured out
[03:11.11]But you still don't get much sleep
[03:12.86]'Cause it don't come back once it's gone
[03:17.22]Now you wonder why you had to wait so long
[03:21.76]Wasn't no sense being where you don't belong
[03:28.33]Got to save yourself
[03:32.91]Got to save yourself
[03:37.35]'Cause it don't come back once it's gone
[03:41.8]Now you wonder why you had to wait so long
[03:46.39]Wasn't no sense being where you don't belong
[03:53.09]Save yourself
[03:57.42]Got to save yourself