Turnpike Troubadours - Quit While I'm Ahead lyrics
[Turnpike Troubadours - Quit While I'm Ahead lyrics]
Well I won't lie and say I didn't
Think the good ones all were taken
Since there ain't no peaches fallin' from
The tree that I've been shakin'
And it's solitary sleepin' in this
Bed that I've been makin'
Well maybe I should quit while I'm ahead
Well my intent was being handed
I never laid a hand
And the kindness of my gestures were
A good far cry from grand
They were awful well intended
They were all that I could stand
Ah maybe I should quit while I'm ahead
And now darlin' if I called you
Could you love me like a kid
Could you love me like you loved me
Way back when you really did
Well darlin' if I called you could
You just pick up the phone
Lord, I've been dancin' with damnation
And I'm drinkin' all alone
And I am busted, broken
Bent and beaten 'bout halfway to dead
Well maybe I should quit while I'm ahead
Oh Lord maybe I should quit while I'm ahead
Well West Texas in the mornin'
Little darlin' are you down
Well the color of the country is
Your sweet-eyed shade of brown
And if I told you how I felt
Well you'd say "boy get out of town"
Well maybe I should quit while I'm ahead
Now darlin if I called you
Could you love me like a kid
Could you love me like you loved me
Way back when you really did?
Well darlin if I called you would
You even talk to me when I am lit up like a
Star atop your favorite Christmas tree
And I am busted, broken
Bent and beaten 'bout halfway to dead
Ah maybe I should quit while I'm ahead
Oh Lord maybe I should quit while I'm ahead
Now darlin if I called you
Could you love me like a kid
Could you love me like you loved me
Way back when you really did?
Well darlin if I called you could
You just pick up the phone
Lord, I've been dancing with damnation
And I'm drinking all alone
And I am busted, broken
Bent and beaten 'bout halfway to dead
Well maybe I should quit while I'm ahead
Oh Lord maybe I should quit while I'm ahead
Think the good ones all were taken
Since there ain't no peaches fallin' from
The tree that I've been shakin'
And it's solitary sleepin' in this
Bed that I've been makin'
Well maybe I should quit while I'm ahead
Well my intent was being handed
I never laid a hand
And the kindness of my gestures were
A good far cry from grand
They were awful well intended
They were all that I could stand
Ah maybe I should quit while I'm ahead
And now darlin' if I called you
Could you love me like a kid
Could you love me like you loved me
Way back when you really did
Well darlin' if I called you could
You just pick up the phone
Lord, I've been dancin' with damnation
And I'm drinkin' all alone
And I am busted, broken
Bent and beaten 'bout halfway to dead
Well maybe I should quit while I'm ahead
Oh Lord maybe I should quit while I'm ahead
Well West Texas in the mornin'
Little darlin' are you down
Well the color of the country is
Your sweet-eyed shade of brown
And if I told you how I felt
Well you'd say "boy get out of town"
Well maybe I should quit while I'm ahead
Now darlin if I called you
Could you love me like a kid
Could you love me like you loved me
Way back when you really did?
Well darlin if I called you would
You even talk to me when I am lit up like a
Star atop your favorite Christmas tree
And I am busted, broken
Bent and beaten 'bout halfway to dead
Ah maybe I should quit while I'm ahead
Oh Lord maybe I should quit while I'm ahead
Now darlin if I called you
Could you love me like a kid
Could you love me like you loved me
Way back when you really did?
Well darlin if I called you could
You just pick up the phone
Lord, I've been dancing with damnation
And I'm drinking all alone
And I am busted, broken
Bent and beaten 'bout halfway to dead
Well maybe I should quit while I'm ahead
Oh Lord maybe I should quit while I'm ahead