the way that it was and could have been surrounds me; i'll never get over you walkin' away i've been sleepwalking too close to the fire, but it's the only place that i can hold you tight on a bus to st. cloud, minnesota i thought i saw you there, with the snow falling down around you like a silent prayer time is leaving us behind - another week has passed and still i haven't laughed yet come on tap those brakes baby just one time. i know there's nothin' stoppin' you now, i'm not asking you to turn back around; i'd settle for a slowdown one foot on the bus 'bout half past nine, i knew that you were leaving this time. i thought about laying down in it's path, thinking that you might get off for that i thought i felt you touch my cheek this mornin' but i must'a been dreamin', and in the middle of the night with out a warnin', i thought i heard you breathin' so take your records, take your freedom, take your memories, i don't need 'em if i bumped into you by happenstance you probably wouldn't even know who i am, but if i whispered your name i bet there'd still be a spark the air's getting heavy and we both know why. so dance one more dance and tell one more lie. and, baby, let's keep make believing that it's just the rainy season. i know it won't be easy but i've got a plan to just let my memory let go of your hand weather man said it's gonna snow; by now i should be used to the cold. mid-february shouldn't be so scary. it was only december; i still remember the presents, the tree, you and me but i've burned up every bridge just like sherman did comin' down from atlanta even if i knew you'd be the one that got away, i'd still go back and get you i'm living proof of the damage heartbreak does. i'm just a whisper of smoke, i'm all that's left of two hearts on fire that once burned out of control. you took my body and soul i'm thinking, with a truck stop song and a cold cup of coffee that i'm drinking, that i'm hurting like hell but honey how could i not be i added rain to your ocean. what did it do, it meant nothing to you. you made grief my chief emotion. why'd you have to do what you thought you had to do...the slow death of a slow dance; the tailspin of a romance you're sewn into the fabric, the pieces of my life, and i just can't remember why we said goodbye when it sunshines, when it rains; christmas parties, football games; i can't go there. winter, summer, fall or spring - i see you in everything well the alabama moon fell from the sky and the sweet tea wells ran dry i've dealt with my ghosts and faced all my demons, finally content with a past i regret as the water fills this sinking ship, i know we have to leave too