Breakfast In Birmingham

(album: Gettin' Out The Good Stuff - 1996)

She was still on my mind when I crossed the state line
Walked out a little too fast
I said some things that I didn't mean
And I should have taken 'em back
And I knew when I said 'em that voice in my head whispered
Man when are you gonna learn
You told her goodbye you left with your pride
But you're gonna eat those words

And now I'm having breakfast in Birmingham
Trying to swallow my pride
I got a plate full of memories
And not much appetite
There ain't nothing like a cold cup of coffee and a stale apology
I'm having breakfast in Birmingham
She's in Tennessee

It's a thundering sound silver dropping down
In an ol' pay phone
When you're making that call to say you were wrong
And it's ringing like nobody's home
She's not the kind who'll cry and remind me
That I left and broke her heart
I'm praying she answer 'cause I gotta tell her
This time I went too far

And now I'm having breakfast in Birmingham
Trying to swallow my pride
I got a plate full of memories
And not much appetite
There ain't nothing like a cold cup of coffee and a stale apology
I'm having breakfast in Birmingham
She's in Tennessee