Put yourself in my place

You come banging on the screen door Begging me to let you in All I got to say is, "Honey, where you been?" This time I think it's you that's surrenderin' You see I've already fallen Yeah,...

My eyes may be hollow My face may be pale I may just be a shadow of my former self But tonight the ghost of heartaches past Is steppin' into town Gonna haunt the places where we used to hang around...

We can talk and talk all night If you want to That's allright 'Till I heard every word You got to say Go ahead and take your time If you got something on your mind But it won't change the way I feel,...

There's no mistakin' what's taken place here, I can't pretend anymore, You know that I love you, but its not enough To keep you away from my door. Now its too late to wonder what's left to be tried...

Well she broke your heart into a million pieces And your confidence is scattered on the wind Your mind is set on never even tryin' love again But you don't own the only heart that's been broken Baby...

A baby with a baby Just barely seventeen My mother mourned her innocence As she bounced on her knee A daddy on the road Added to the tears and trials Like silver rain they fell upon this melancholy...

We tried and we tried but it's over. Guess I didn't fit the image in your mind. Now you tell me to find another lover, oh but baby aren't you getting out of line? Don't tell me what to do. You've...

Looking at you through a misty moonlight, Katydid sing like a symphony. Porch swing swaying like a Tennessee lullaby, Melody blowing through the willow tree. What was I s'posed to do, Standing there...

Her lips and her dress, they're both ruby red She thinks that's how you hide the pain you feel inside And she comes out every night to soak up the neon light Her perfume fills the air, people stop and...