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[Verse 1]
              
Well there’s t


wo sides
        
To my tail lig

hts
           
And they both 

don’t work rig

ht
              
And there’s a 

  
motel
         
On the highway
       
And a hundred 

miles out-side
     
Of Nashville
      
And I still do

n’t
  
Know when I ca

n come home
         
But I promised
          
I would try so
    
I might be a c

oward


[Chorus]
           
Well the first

 cut
          
Was the deepes

t
         
But it healed 

up whole
          
And the next o

ne
        
Was a soft tou

ch
         
But it bled ou

t below
            
We were a team
             
Till you're to

xic
             
I mean you tal

           
k shit, often
             
But once upon 

           
a time
             
We were in lov

е


[Verse 2]
              
Well there’s t


wo sidеs
       
To a fair figh

t
              
And you’re the

   
 third man out
       
I was hopeful
         
With a slow ha

nd
       
And I got gunn

ed down
           
Well you asked

 me
       
If I could gro

w up
        
But I don’t kn

ow why
       
For I don’t kn

ow much
        
I’m a palm fro

nd
 
Dying on the f

ront porch


[Chorus]
          
Well the first

 cut
          
Was the deepes

t
         
But it healed 

up whole
         
And the last o

ne
        
Was a clean hi

t
        
But I bled out

 below
           
We were a team
              
'till you're t


oxic
            
I mean you tal

k shit, often
             
But once upon 

          
a time
           
We were in lov

e


[Verse 3]
              
Know there’s t

 
wo lanes
       
On a highway
        
And I passed y

ou by
              
Thought about 

 
calling
         
But I deleted 

your number
         
And we both kn

ow why


 
Truth is when 

I met you
           
Well you know 

you made me cr

y
       
And I knew you

 for a second
           
You were gone 

in flashing li

ghts
     
But since I ha

d one lost one
         
Oh, at least I

 said goodbye
        
What’s done is

 done
              
It’s not enoug

     
h to describe
        
When I met you

 I regret you

If it makes for the longest ride
      
If I let you s

tay in my head

Then it’s overnight
             
You like when 

              
I sing our son

      
gs about us
             
Well you like 

              
when I sing ou

          
r songs about 

us in the rain
   
I exorcise us 

baby
     
I’m working ou

t the pain
         
Well I knew yo

u had a heart
      
But God I knew

 just how you 

were
    
If I'd have kn

own you I'd ha

ve cloned you

Just to see yo

u hurt


[Verse 5]
              
Well there’s t


wo sides
      
To a timeline
             
And they’ve al

l got the same

 arc
          
When I'm next 

to you
       
I can wave to 

you
              
Because we’re 

 
miles apart
              
Y'know you wro


te me
             
'bout you chan

ged things
           
But baby you k

now me
              
I don’t read a

                
 damn thing
              
Don’t ever rea

      
d a damn thing


[Chorus]
           
Well the first

 cut
          
Was the deepes

t
         
But it healed 

up whole
         
And the last o

ne
         
Was a clean hi

t
         
But I bled out

 below
            
We were a team
              
'till you're t

 
oxic
             
I mean you tal

          
k shit, often
             
But once upon 

         
a time
            
We were in lov

e


              
Well there’s t


wo lanes
      
On a highway
        
And I passed y

ou by
              
Thought about 

  
calling
         
But I deleted 

your number
         
And we both kn

ow why