She Wouldn't Be Gone

Red roadside wildflower, if I had only picked you

Took you home set you on the counter

Oh, at least a time or two

Maybe she'd thought it through

Yellow sunset slowly dipping down in the rear view

Oh, how she'd love to sit and watch you

I could have done that a whole lot more

If I hadn't been so stubborn, been so selfish

Thought about her more, thought about me less

Joked to make her laugh, held her when she cried

A little more of that, maybe I wouldn't be

Driving like hell, flying like crazy down the highway

Calling everyone we know

Stopping any place she might be

Going any place she might go

Beating on the dash, screaming out her name at the windshield

Tears soaking up my face

If I'd 'a loved her this much all along

Maybe, maybe, yeah, maybe. She wouldn't be gone

She wouldn't be gone

She warned me it was comin'

Said if I didn't change, she was leaving

I just didn't believe she would ever really walk out,

God, I believe her now

Called her mama, cried like a baby to her best friend

If they've seen her, they ain't sayin'

They ain't sayin'

Now, I'm cursing like a fool, praying it ain't too late

All I wanna do is fix my mistakes

Find her, beg her for one more try

Until then, damn it, I'll be

Driving like hell, flying like crazy down the highway

Calling everyone we know

Stopping any place she might be

Going any place she might go

Beating on the dash, screaming out her name at the windshield

Tears soaking up my face

If I'd 'a loved her this much all along

Maybe, maybe, yeah, maybe. She wouldn't be gone

She wouldn't be gone

I wouldn't be beating on the dash

Screaming out her name at the windshield

Tears soaking up my face

If I'd 'a loved her this much all along

Maybe, maybe, yeah, maybe. She wouldn't be gone

She wouldn't be gone

Red roadside wildflower, if I had only picked you

Took you home set you on the counter

Oh, at least a time or two

Maybe she'd thought it through