The Girl I Left Behind

(album: Logan Mize - 2009)

It ain't much different out here I found,
It's just, different names for the same old hillbilly towns,
Welcome signs full of shotgun holes,
Familiar faces and the same old roads.

Every cafe, corner, diner, it's the same old story, some old timer,
Run down tavern on a dim lit street,
I see my old friends in every body i meet,
But the only thing misssing
I can't seem to find,
Is the girl I left behind.

There's been a few that've caught me a little off guard,
I try to fool myself, but I just can't fool my heart,
Every pretty green eyed girl I see,
Gets me further away from where I wanna be.

Summer time tailgate road side stands,
Selling home grown tomatos and strawberry jam,
Little white churches and country stores,
Every town's just like the one before,
The only thing missing that I can't seem to find,
Is the girl I left behind me standing on her momma's front porch,
Waiving through the black smoke rolling out of that old ford,
Took me to some backwards town wishing I had you,
But you're no where to be found.

Every cafe, corner, diner, it's the same old story, some old timer,
Run down tavern on a dim lit street,
I see my old friends in every body i meet,
Summer time tailgate road side stands,
Selling home grown tomatos and strawberry jam,
Little white churches and country stores,
Every town's just like the one before,
The only thing missing that I can't seem to find,
Yeah the only thing missing that i can't seem to find,
Is the girl I left behind!