Six Years Come September

(album: Lamentations - 2020)

I got a picture of you holding a picture of her taped to the dash of my car
I see it every time I check my speed or run up to the grocery store
The two of you were the only thing in life worth fighting for
But since you've been gone, I ain't been much for fighting anymore

These days things don't come easy
It's all I can do most just to keep it between the lines
If I'd have done a better job of listening
Maybe you would still be mine

I ain't had a drop to drink since the day that you left me
Six years come September, I've been cursed with this clarity
I just stare in the mirror yelling at a stranger looking back at me
And the ghost of the man I could have been still haunts all my dreams

These days things don't come easy
It's all I can do most just to keep it between the lines
If I'd have done a better job of listening
Maybe you would still be mine

Foolish pride wouldn't let me give you the keys to the Oldsmobile
No way in hell I should have let myself ever get behind that wheel
I was drunk, it was dark, and I didn't see him coming over that hill
I regretted it then, I regret it now and I guess I always will

These days things don't come easy
It's all I can do most just to keep it between the lines
If I'd have done a better job of listening
The two of you would still be mine

I got a picture of you holding a picture of her taped to the dash of my car