She Wouldn't Be Gone

Red roadside wildflower, if I had only picked you
Took you home, set you on the counter
Oh at least a time or two, maybe she’d a thought it through
Yellow sunset slowly dippin’ down in the rearview
Oh how she loved to sit and watch you
I coulda done that a whole lot more
If I hadn’t been so stubborn, been so selfish
Thought about her more, thought about me less
Joked to make her laugh, held her when she cried
A little more of that, maybe I wouldn’t be

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Drivin’ like hell, flyin’ like crazy down the highway
Callin’ every one we know, stoppin’ any place she might be
Goin’ anyplace she might go
Beatin’ on the dash, screamin’ out her name at the windshield
Tears soakin’ up my face, if I’d a loved her this much all along
Maybe, maybe, yea maybe
She wouldn’t be gone, she wouldn’t be gone

She warned me it was comin’, said if it didn’t change she was leavin’
Now I just didn’t believe she would ever really walk out, God I believe her now
Called her mama, cried like a baby to her best friend
Now if they’ve seen her, they ain’t sayin’, they ain’t sayin’
Now I’m cursin’ like a fool, prayin’ it ain’t too late
All I wanna do is fix my mistakes
Find her, beg her for one more try
Until then, damn it I’ll be

Chorus

And I wouldn’t be…
Beatin’ on the dash, screamin’ out her name at the windshield
Tears soakin’ up my face, if I’d a loved her this much all along
Maybe, maybe, yea maybe
She wouldn’t be gone

©2008 Tommy Jo Publishing (BMI) / I Want To Hold Your Songs (BMI)