Wish I Hadn't Stayed So Long Lyrics - Little Rock - Hayes Carll

Shooting stars and whiskey bottles 

All scattered across the yard 

I'd a stayed back home in Houston 

If I'd known it be this hard 

Oh, but as it is I'm busted 

I broke down across the bay 

And I might not make December 

If we keep carrying on this way 

Pretty girls and deep depressions 

Keep falling from the sky 

I got all the time in heaven 

But no sense to wonder why 

And the nights have all gone crazy 

And the bars have all shut down 

One day I swear I'll blow it all 

Pack up and leave this town 

And sometimes I get so tired 

Of telling right from wrong 

Hey, I'm glad I came 

Just wish I hadn't stayed so long 

Here I am in music city 

Long nights and neon signs 

And I can't seem to remember 

What I came so far to find 

Police cars and paper money 

Motel rooms and cigarettes 

Here to tell you ain't nothing 

Just in case you might forget 

I can hear the country music 

In the window up above 

[Unverified] do it for the money 

Do it, do it for the love 

[Unverified] and stolen pistols 

Seemed all that comes my way 

I'm gonna burn down all my bridges 

Find a car and drive away 

And sometimes I can't believe 

I did all that for a song 

Hey, I'm glad I came 

Just wish I hadn't stayed so long 

We could make Louisiana 

In two hours time 

We could pull off of the highway 

By the big casino sign 

And we could take up all our wishes 

And bet 'em all on black 

Hit the lights of Mississippi 

With the Southland at our backs 

And it's always been the same 

Down every road I've come 

Hey, I'm glad I came 

Just wish I hadn't stayed so long