Leaving

It takes a hell of a heart to know

What a heart really needs

And I'm finding out that love

Ain't what loves cut out to be

If I was not my mommas boy

I'd leave you crying in my car

Punch a hole in your damn dashboard

And forget the girl you are

We've been fighting for so long

It'd be a shame to let this go

But I'd rather let it lie

Than hurt a sweet girl I know

And its getting dark now

So won't you just stay

And I'll tell you that I love you

Till the leaving goes away

Till the leaving leaves this house

No, we ain't going out

Till I make some promises I can't keep

And I wish I could explain

How the toxins in my brain

Get me so damn down

Sometimes I can't speak

And you'll try to understand why

I can't be a better man

But it's hard

When I'm yelling at you in the street

But if leaving comes to staying

And you walk yourself away

Leave knowing that no one could

Love you more than me

I hope the world don't mind

All the simple things I ask

Like a porch with good lighting

And to hear my lady laugh

And I'll act indifferent because

I don't want to leave

Because leavings for a younger man

That I don't want to be

Till the leaving leaves this house

No, we ain't going out

Till I make some promises I can't keep

And I wish I could explain

How the toxins in my brain

Get me so damn down

Sometimes I can't speak

And you'll try to understand why

I can't be a better man

But it's hard

When I'm yelling at you in the street

But if leaving comes to staying

And you walk yourself away

Leave knowing that no one could

Love you more than me