Last Ride Home

The letter came, the drums did beat

I packed my bags and kissed her cheek

She swore she'd wait,

she took my hand

As I rode off to a foreign land

Two long years of dirt and lead

With her sweet face inside my head

I finally walked back up our road

Ready to drop this heavy load

But the porch light burned a different shade

And the promises we both had made Were shattered on our bedroom

floor

With another man behind our door (oh

no)

I didn't yell,

I didn't fight

I just walked out into the night

The shadows grew, the bottle poured

I couldn't feel her love no more

Now the cold iron rests against my chest

Lord lay my heavy soul to rest (ahhhh)