Am C G Am
I saw someone looking out the window, the morning I felt younger than I was
Am C G Am
I put your last words inside my pocket
the vowels started leaking through the gauze
F Am
and I slapped you in the face but you didn't feel a thing
G Am
so I cried on behalf of your loss
Am C G Am
and I turned around and ran yeah I ran right out of georgia
and I fell at the sign of the cross
Am C G Am
I felt something weighing in my pocket
the morning I felt older then I am
Am C G Am
I had learned to jump when needing jumping
to swim when needed swimming so I swam
F Am
and my holy water's dirtier than money
G Am
but I sprinkle it all over birmingham
F Am
I'll keep going on until you tell me
G Am
honey honestly I never game a damn
Am C G Am
and I saw a lovely face reflected on the highway
so I ran and took the cover from my fate
Am C G Am
I ran right into georgia with my fingers in my pocket
and nearly tripping from the tenor and the weight
Am C G Am
as I rolled back in to town my feet were getting heavy
and my leg and hand could hardly hold up straight
Am C G Am
with my shoulders weighing down on a body of a weaken
by a story I am doomed to narrate
Am C G Am
I found something hidden in the floorboard
the morning that was younger than the day
Am C G Am
folded hands upon your chest in mourning
for the wood already started to decay
Am C G Am
and I made a storm of dust when I blew it off your casket
in the basket full of flowers where you lay
Am C G Am
and I ran right out of town yeah I ran right out of georgia
and I swear I heard you sing your last hoorah, hooray hooray hooray hooray