When You Leave That Way You Can Never Go Back
[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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I remember waking in the morning, to the sound of the rooster's crow
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Mamma cooking in the kitchen, Arthur Godfrey on the radio
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Me and Dad were just like strangers, we never did see eye to eye
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Came to blows one Sunday morning, so I packed my bags and I said goodbye
[Chorus]
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When you leave that way you can never go back
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A train won't run on a torn up track
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Sometimes I wish I'd never roamed, oh no
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'cause when you leave that way you can never go home
[Verse 2]
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Then I met a girl in Knoxville, oh, we set our wedding day
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I left her standing at the alter, with a baby on the way
[Chorus]
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When you leave that way you can never go back
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A train won't run on a torn up track
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Sometimes I wish I'd never roamed, oh no
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'cause when you leave that way you can never go home
[Bridge]
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Lord I'd love to see my mom and daddy
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And what I'd give to hold that boy of mine
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I'd get down on my knees and say I'm sorry
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If I could only go back one more time
[Verse 3]
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But I killed a man in Houston, when he caught me with his wife
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And I told the preacher man to leave me alone
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When he came to read my rights, He said son,
[Chorus]
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When you leave this way you can never come back
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A soul won't roll on a torn up track
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All through eternity you'll roam alone
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'cause when you leave this way you can never come home
[Tag]
G D Em
All through eternity you'll roam alone
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'cause when you leave this way you can never come home