I've been told to carry on
To wipe away the stains of what went wrong
But I wish you well out on the run
That holiness will find you like the sun
I know that I never should have let you go
Now the years roll by like a stone down an empty road
Oh I know that I never should have left my home
How fickle the heart may be when it's on its own
How fickle the heart may be when it's alone
I've been told that life's too short
To waste it wishing I was on her porch
So I moved along and I moved up north
And I got a job. I took a course
And Though there's no us I'm making my dreams
Wiping the dust off of my feet
I have left it all, left my Tennessee
I opened my heart, I loosened the seems
I'm not who I was, but I'm better for it
I know that I've grown, but I can't outgrow it
I know that I never should have let you go
Now the years roll by like a stone down an empty road
Oh I know that i never should have left my home
How fickle the heart may be when it's on its own
How fickle the heart may be when it's alone