Bus To Birmingham Lyrics - John Michael Montgomery

She didn't see me see her cryin' 

As she sat there by the window 

On a southbound Greyhound leavin' town 

The hardest thing I've ever done 

Was to walk away and let that woman go 

'Cause she came close to turnin' me around 

Now I know she missed her mama 

'Cause that's the kind of life she comes from 

Ain't no kind of life I'm ever gonna have 

She said, she'd call me from the station 

But I'll be gone before she gets there 

And I'll see her every time I'm lookin' back 

Heaven knows I ain't no angel 

And I don't always do the right thing 

And right now I know that she don't understand 

But I'll sleep better knowin' 

The only thing I ever loved 

Is on that bus to Birmingham 

Tonight I'll slip back in the shadows 

And I'll sip a glass of whiskey 

And I'll try to keep from whisperin' her name 

But there's some highways I ain't driven 

And there's some towns that I ain't lived in 

And there's some times that I can't get out of the rain 

And Lord I can't bear to break 

Another promise that I made her 

So I made out like I wanted her to go 

And I'm better off believin' 

That she's better off without me 

'Cause I don't want her to see me do her wrong 

Heaven knows I ain't no angel 

And I don't always do the right thing 

And right now I know that she don't understand 

But I'll sleep better knowin' 

The only thing I ever loved 

Is on that bus to Birmingham 

Heaven knows I don't always to the right thing 

And right now I know that she don't understand 

But I'll sleep better knowin' 

The only thing I ever loved 

Is on that bus to Birmingham