Thinking About Leaving

<br>(rodney crowell, dwight yoakam)<br><br><br><br>I used to think love was<br><br>The soft rope meant to tie me down<br><br>And all that could ever own me<br><br>Was a guitar and another town<br><br>Ten years can disappear real fast<br><br>When every morning just leaves somewhere else behind<br><br>But Ive been thinking about leaving<br><br>Long enough to change my mind<br><br><br><br>Lyin here beside you<br><br>I can feel it start to pull me away<br><br>The thought Ill have again tomorrow<br><br>That just came back from yesterday<br><br>But your embrace makes any reason<br><br>For those memories hard to find<br><br>And Ive been thinking about leaving<br><br>Long enough to change my mind<br><br><br><br>Sometimes I miss the warm, bright lights<br><br>Sometimes I miss the crowds<br><br>Sometimes I miss the women<br><br>I wrapped each song around<br><br>Sometimes I miss that world out there<br><br>So empty hard and unkind<br><br>But Ive been thinking about leaving<br><br>Long enough to change my mind<br><br><br><br>Sometimes I miss the warm, bright lights<br><br>Sometimes I miss the noise<br><br>Sometimes I miss the fading sounds<br><br>Of every cheering voice<br><br>Sometimes I miss that world out there<br><br>So empty hard and unkind<br><br>But Ive been thinking about leaving<br><br>Long enough to change my mind<br><br>Ive been thinking about leaving<br><br>Long enough to change my mind