Last Light on the Highway (2021) - Full Album Lyrics
LAST LIGHT ON THE HIGHWAY
FULL ALBUM LYRICS
Released May 8, 2020
TRACK 1: OH MISS CAROLINA
All my life's been wasted trying to understand
Why I'm chasing that one that got away
People try and tell me "What did you do in life
To deserve the spell she put on you anyway"
Oh Miss Carolina why can't we just make amends
For all the trouble we put each other in
What we leave behind us are those painful thoughts and then
We can get back to the place that we began
Oh miss Carolina
Oh miss Carolina
Where have you been?
All these thoughts keep running
Runnin through my head
Things that I quite can't understand
I’ll never feel the same way
I did when we were young
But I blame myself, every time you run
Oh miss Carolina
Oh miss Carolina
Where have you been?
What we leave behind us
Are those painful thoughts and then
We can get back to the place that we began
Oh miss Carolina
Oh miss Carolina
Where have you been?
TRACK 2: WORK IT OUT
You're a wild one baby
I'm a stubborn man
Somehow you and I go hand in hand
We may have our troubles
We may yell it out loud
We may act without thinking
But I have no doubt
Love ain’t always easy
Life ain't always kind
But what we got baby
Is so hard to find
We gotta work, work, work, work it out
We gotta work, work, work, work it out
Cause baby there’s no one else
You are the one for me
I’m the for you
All we got now
Is this home for two
The pipes are all rusty
The tile is cracked and more
So baby let's get to fixin
We ain't walkin out that door
Life ain’t always easy
Love ain't always kind
But what we got baby
Is so hard to find
We gotta work, work, work, work it out
We gotta work, work, work, work it out
TRACK 3: CAN'T STAND IT
Another sleepless night
A hundred hours I've been waiting up for your call
I wonder if I might be goin out my mind
Thinkin if you care at all
I got no reason to stay here
If I ain't got you with me, dear
I can't stand it
Can't understand it
Not gonna stand here and watch you go
Another wasted day trying to contemplate
What it was that went so wrong
It’s not bout taking sides or who was wrong or right
I just need you in my arms
I got no reason to stay here
If I ain't got you with me, dear
I can't stand it
Can't understand it
Not gonna stand here and watch you go
I know I can’t replace, or fill the empty space
I’d be left with if you leave
I'll give you so much more than you've been asking for,
The silence the killing me
I can't stand it
Can't understand it
Not gonna stand here and watch you go
TRACK 4: TIRED OF DRINKING ALONE
Tell me where do you go
When the sun wont shine
Is it a place you can show me
Or do you need some time?
We're both gettin lonely
How's about tonight
You and me get together and do some drinkin?
Cause I got a bottle of wine
And we both got plenty of heartache
We never could quite get it right
And I'm tired of thinkin
Maybe bring over some bourbon
Or we could get wild on tequila
I just wanna know that it's workin
Cause it ain't been for so long
And I'm tired of drinking alone
It don't really matter
Who's wrong or right
We were both acting crazy
We just needed some time
I'm not really worried
We'll both be fine
As long as we, we get together and do some drinking
Cause I got a bottle of wine
And we both got plenty of heartache
We never could quite get it right
And I'm tired of thinkin
Maybe bring over some bourbon
Or we could get wild on tequila
I just wanna know that it's workin
Cause it ain't been for so long
And I'm tired of drinking alone
Is it worth it babe?
Tell me it’s worth it babe
Is it worth it baby?
Maybe bring over some bourbon
Or we could get wild on tequila
I just wanna know that it's worth it
That it's worth it
Cause I got a bottle of wine
And we both got plenty of heartache
We never could quite get it right
And I'm tired of thinkin
Maybe bring over some bourbon
Or we could get wild on tequila
I just wanna know that it's workin
Cause it ain't been for so long
And I'm tired of drinking alone
Tired of drinking alone
Tired of drinking alone
TRACK 5: DO YOU REMEMBER
Do you remember?
Do you remember when we were kids?
We were young and full of promise
Do you remember being kids?
Do you remember?
Being dumb and full of dreams
Jumping bikes down by the train yard
Building houses in the trees
Do you remember
Do you remember being free?
Young, Wild and 17
Do you remember being free?
Do you remember?
Do you remember that age?
We didn't worry about nothin
Thinking things would never change
Do you remember?
All those days that never ended
All the time that we were spendin’
And didn’t know it was love
Do you remember
Do you remember being free?
Young, Wild and 17
Do you remember being free?
Do you remember
Do you remember being free?
Do you remember being free?
Young, Wild and 17
Do you remember being free?
Do you remember (Ooh)
Do you remember (Ooh)
Do you remember (Ooh)
Do you remember (Ooh)
TRACK 6: THIS TIME AROUND
Don’t wanna make you angry
Don’t wanna make you sad
Cause it’s not healthy
To feel this bad
There’s truth when I’m lyin
But it’s hard to see
I’m just afraid of
You leavin me
I promise I’ll be better
A better man
This time around
I promise I’ll be better
A better man this time around
Don’t know where it came from
This sense of pride
Been keeping me from
Letting you inside
I wish I had your patience
It’s clear to see
How much I need you
But you don’t need me
I promise I’ll be better
A better man
This time around
I know I can better
A better man this time around
Oh this time around
These nights of endless drinking
Drowning my sorrows and coming up dry
I know you’re waiting for me to come around to the other side
I know I can be better
I swear I can be better
I promise I’ll be better
A better man
This time around
I promise I’ll be better
A better man
This time around
I promise I’ll be better
A better man
This time around
I promise I’ll be better....
....this time around
TRACK 7: DON'T LET ME GO
Headed out to California
You packed bags and hit the road
Here to reign in the sunshine
Carefree and just unload
Found a Southern Magnolia
She's as sweet as sweet can be
If I ask you to stay here
Would you stay with me
Don't let me go
I don't want you to walk away You don’t need to run alone
Don't let me go
It's too heavy on my poor heart, if you leave you'll break my soul
Don't let me go
You can go where you wanna go, but I just need you to know
Don't let me go
That I can't seem to stay away, baby, ohhhh don't let me go
All the way from the Sunshine State
And I hope here is where you'll stay
We can watch every sunset
And we can soak up every ray
I found my Southern Magnolia
As beautiful as the sea
So will you say yes, baby
I'm down on my knees
Don't let me go
I don't want you to walk away, you don’t need to run alone
Don't let me go
It's too heavy on my poor heart, if you leave you'll break my soul
Don't let me go
You can go where you wanna go, but I just need you to know
Don't let me go
That I can't seem to stay away, baby, ohhhh don't let me go
TRACK 8: ONE LAST TIME
Try to take it in while it's good
When everything feels like it should
Friends gathered round, tonight its now or never
and we all know that nothin lasts forever
The stage is set for all we do
Under these lights, just me and you
We thrive in the dark, but the night is not a mirror
I think I'm finally seeing things clearer
We're just a flicker in the candle of time
Countin down the days before our light burns out
Tonight will be an echo in the canyon of my mind
I wanna feel your love one last time
Once again before we go
Love me hard and hold me slow
We know where we began
And the end is not a mystery
So follow me tonight
We’ll live it while we’re still free
We're just a flicker in the candle of time
Countin down the days before our light burns out
Tonight will be an echo in the canyon of my mind
I wanna feel your love one last time
One last time
One last time
One last time
TRACK 9: GOLD
I thought that we had a chance
At something could’ve been amazing
But I could never have that dance
Cause you were only there to play me
We used to run this town babe
How could I know you had another man waiting
I leaned in to end this game
But you didn’t feel the same
I want you to go
Leave, give back the piece of my heart that you stole
I think that I’m just too old
To fight and too young to know when to give up
I thought that I would be the end, but
You showed up the next day cryin
You told me we felt the same
But I saw that diamond ring on your hand
Let’s get one thing straight, babe
I’m a simple man
You started this game
Now I won’t play
I want you to go
Leave, give back the piece of my heart that you stole
I think that I’m just too old
To fight and too young to know when to give up
I want you to go and get married
You’ll probably end up divorced when you’re 30
Two kids and on child support
And that night you’ll prob'bly be thinkin bout me
We could’ve been gold
We could’ve been gold and so happy
But now my hearts just grown so cold since you left me
Been thinking bout dying alone
And at night I’m howling your name at the moon
We could’ve been gold
We could’ve been gold
We could’ve been gold
TRACK 10: LAST LIGHT ON THE HIGHWAY, PT. 1
Cruisin ninety down
This road that has no end
It's all behind me now,
There must be something up ahead
Ooh, I'll keep driving till I’m the last light on the highway
Ooh, I’ll keep driving till I’m the last light on the highway
My second chance is just
Up around the bend
The thunder of the road
Is my only friend
Ooh, I'll keep driving till I’m the last light on the highway
Ooh, I’ll keep driving till I’m the last light on the highway
TRACK 11: LAST LIGHT ON THE HIGHWAY, PT. 2
Look to the future
No matter the cost
I don’t feel lonely
I never feel lost
I keep on driving
With no end in sight
I’m not gonna stop here
On this dark and stormy night
Cause I’m the last light
On the highway
Here on the road
I’m headed nowhere
These long white lines
And the wind in my hair
The house I had
Was never a home
With the lightning and the thunder
Is where I will roam
I’m the last light on the highway
The smoke has cleared
My fate ain’t set
Around the bend
My fears will be met
I’m turning the page
To see what’s left
Of this broken-hearted man
That’s never gonna regret
Being the last light on the highway
Ooh, I'll keep driving till I’m the last light on the highway
Ooh, I’ll keep driving till I’m the last light on the highway