Almost

Slipped out of town without a handshake or goodbye
Just this old guitar, I had stars in my eyes
I was playing bars and I was getting girls
I wasn't livin' right, but I was staying high every night
Underneath the glow of the neon light
One morning, I woke up with bottles as far as I could see
When I closed my eyes and I drifted back to sleep, I saw

The way mama looked at me even though I know I had to be hell to raise
'Cause man, I raised some hell
Heard daddy say, "Son, get your lazy ass up
'Cause there ain't no sense in sleeping all day"
I thought about the folks back home and how they care about me so
It made me wanna set this bottle down, almost

Through the haze of a smokey old saloon
I saw a girl cuttin' me a grin from across the room
And I swear she had wings
She loved to hear me play guitar and I loved to watch her dance
And I loved to hear her sing
One night she laid down the law, told me that I had to make a choice
When I closed my eyes and I listened to her voice, I saw

The first time we held hands
I saw the first time that we danced
I saw that one night on the creek
And that night you snuck out of your dorm and met me down on Mountain Street
Thought about that summer we spent down on the coast
It made me wanna set this bottle down, almost

One last time I found myself down and out
I was just outside of Birmingham in some no name Town
I couldn't recall the night before when I drank myself to sleep
So I threw on this old ball cap and stumbled out into the street
Too many nights, the same old same, I got lost in this damn crowd
But when I packed up this old guitar case
I took one last look around, and I saw

That old barn where I killed my first truck
And I walked my bird dog, Bo past the pond where we killed our first duck
I saw grandpa's garden, I could still see them pretty vines
But it's been some time since they've held of muscadine
Thought about how grandma's house still smells the same
Even though it's been a few years now since I've seen her face

So I raised my glass up for one last toast
I finally set this bottle down, almost