My old car will not make it to Chicago This time of year This time of year But I will drive until we see the city Park it in a snowbank before that all gets clears Some thing's seem to take forever Others come about Sometimes it's not what you know Sometimes it's what you figure out Tonight I will ruin a friendship that I've had So many years And never understood But first I will drink all the bourbon that I brought Spend the next morning trying to sleep it off I will spend my life trying to sleep it off Cause some things seem to stain forever When others come right out Sometimes it's not what you know Sometimes it's what you figure out Tomorrow you'll get sick But we don't know that now So tonight we will stay outside You hand me your coat when I say I'm cold How is it always someone ends up cold? Some thing's they don't last as long As you would like to remember when your nights get long Sometimes the movie ends before it's over And you have to pretend My old car will not make it to Chicago This time of year This time of year