Blitzen Trapper - Ever Loved Once lyrics

It was just as I was leavin'
Throw some change up on the bar
She caught my eye through the swingin' door
She was standin' out by my car i said
"I thought you moved to the city girl"
"No, I never did find the time"
I been wastin' away at my sister’s place
Just north of the county line

Well I gazed out across the gravel lot
To the road that leads to town
Thinkin' all the ways that I
Broke your heart, yeah
Thinkin' how it all went down

And I said it’s a strange
Thing to see you now
I been runnin' so long on the same old ground
Gonna rattle these chains till
The mornin' light if I ever loved once
You know I never loved right by you

So we go up to the turnpike where
The whole world turns to sky
I took her hand, but she drew away like a
Bird gettin' ready to fly
She said I ain’t so young, and I met someone
He’s a rock that just won’t roll
And I gotta find out if you only love once
Or does love keep comin' to call

'Cause it’s a strange thing to see you now
I been runnin' so long on the same old ground
Gonna rattle these chains till
The mornin' light if I ever loved once
You know I never loved right by you

There’s a half built house
In the potter’s field
All the timbers are turned to gray
There’s an old brown dog livin' on the porch
I seen them just the other day
Well I lain those planks and
I drove those nails
But it never did satisfy
That a man must forfeit all he owns
For a glimpse at the reason why

Yeah it’s a strange thing to see you now
I been runnin' so long on the same old ground
Gonna rattle these chains till
The mornin' light if I ever loved once
You know I never loved right

And it’s a strange thing to see you here
If the world has gone blind
Yeah you better let it in
Gonna rattle these chains till
The mornin' light if I ever loved once
You know I never loved right by you