Never Get Away From Me (For Waylon and Jessi)

I was a real Casanova in my home town

Never really thought about settlin' down

That is until you came around

Yeah, it's been a few years but I remember it well

I was a rowdy no-gooder, you were hotter than hell

I spent all my time hot on your trail

You could've run to the mountains

Cou've sailed across the deep blue sea

I knew from the start

I couldn't let you get away from me

Well, your mama and your daddy, they didn't approve

They told me I was trash and I was born to lose

But that didn't faze me, I was gonna have you

So, I begged and I pleaded something I'd never done

As sure as tomorrow has a rising sun

There was no mistake, honey, you were the one

You could've run to the mountains

Could've sailed across the deep blue sea

But one thing's for sure

You would never get away from me

The sweetest things in life take you by surprise

Like the heaven I see lookin' in your eyes

Though you weren't sure how an outlaw's love would be

I made up my mind not to let you get away from me

(Break)

As we get a little closer to our rocking chairs

I think back on the good life that we have shared

And how our love has grown down through the years

So snuggle up to me baby, turn out the lights

There's nowhere on this earth I'd rather be tonight

Than lying in your arms holdin' you tight

As time rolls by one thing's still clear to see

I'd have been a fool to let you get away from me

Yeah, yeah you could've run to the mountains

Could've sailed across the deep blue sea

But I'd have been a fool to let you get away from me