verse 1
She said "it's none of my business but it breaks my heart"
Dropped a dozen cheap roses in my shopping cart
Made it out to the truck without breaking down
Everybody knows you're in a speed trap town
It's a Thursday night but there's a high school game
Sneak a bottle up the bleachers and forget my name
These 5'8" bastards run a shallow cross
It's a boy's last dream and a man's first loss
And it never did occur to me to leave, 'til tonight
There's no one left to ask if I'm all right
Sleep until I'm straight enough to drive, then decide
If there's anything that can't be left behind
verse 2
The doctor said daddy wouldn't make it a year
But the holidays are over and he's still here
How long can they keep you in the ICU
Veins through the skin like a faded tattoo
Was a tough state trooper from a decade back
Till that girl who wasn't mama caused his heart attack
He didn't care about us when he was walkin' around
Just pulling women over in a speed trap town
But it never did occur to me to leave, 'til tonight
When I realized he'll never be all right
Sign my name and say my last goodbye, then decide
That there's nothing here that can't be left behind
verse 3
Roads got blurry when the sun came up
Slept a couple hours in the pickup truck
Drank a cup of coffee by an Indian mound
Thousand miles away from that speed trap town
Thousand miles away from that speed trap town