Bitterness Or Sympathy

The first night I should’ve left you before I shut my eyes

I prayed to God I’d wake up somewhere else

And when the morning came to find me

You were sleeping there beside me

I wondered if this nightmare ever ends

The door was left wide open

And the neighbors, they were smoking

In the afternoon to pass away the time

And you looked at me so cold

And said ‘this house is not my home’

I wish you’d knew how true that felt most nights

Is it bitterness or sympathy?

That keeps you standing here with me

I’m not sure how much more I can take

‘Cause I have sacrificed my peace of mind

To sit here with you wasting time

Now I think I’d like to walk away

I was standing in Ohio on the 28th of March

With the guitar in a suitcase in my hands

And when the wind had stole my cap

Lord, all I could do is laugh

Thank the stars I’m still a drinking man

Is it bitterness or sympathy?

That keeps you standing here with me

I’m not sure how much more I can take

‘Cause I have sacrificed my peace of mind

To sit here with you wasting time

Now I think I’d like to walk away

I was walking in a graveyard where no one that I know rests

Thinking maybe I could clear my head

And on the cemetery breeze I heard a song about belief

Some with a thunder I can’t understand

Is it bitterness or sympathy?

That keeps you standing here with me

I’m not sure how much more I can take

‘Cause I have sacrificed my peace of mind

To sit here with you wasting time

Now I think I’d like to walk away