[Intro]
       

[Verse 1]
             
Road dogs are 

             
built for slee

     
pin' in
             
I've been up s

       
ince 4 am
             
At your worst,

              
 you're better

             
 than my bette

   
r days
             
There ain't be

             
en no sun in L


A
             
Since you move

             
d out of Sarah

     
's Place

[Verse 2]
             
I love your mo

              
ther's stories

             
 'bout you as 

   
a kid
             
I heard you sc

              
ored a job in 

             
the east villa

 
ge
             
While working 

              
for some folks

             
 who don't kno

     
w your name
             
Well ain't you

              
 gonna miss al

             
l of them wast

    
ed days?
             
We sit around,

             
 drinkin' out 

    
at Sarah's Pla

ce

[Chorus]
            
Don't come bac

              
k lover, I'm p

             
roud you're un

          
der the skylin

e
            
We always knew

              
 you were the 

             
better half of

      
 our good time

s
            
Those backyard

              
 lights don't 

             
shine as brigh

           
t without your

 face
        
Out at Sarah's

 Place

[Verse 3]
  

             
And you called

             
 to talk just 

      
last week
             
I'm still fall

              
in' apart like

            
 I'll always b

e
             
And your picni

              
c chair is sti

             
ll sittin' the

           
re in the yard
             
And I had to s

             
ell my old gui


tar

[Chorus]
            
But don't come

              
 back lover, I

             
'm proud you'r

              
e under the sk


yline
            
We always knew

              
 you were the 

             
better half of

      
 our good time

s
            
Those backyard

              
 lights don't 

             
shine as brigh

           
t without your

 face
        
Out at Sarah's

 Place

[Bridge]
             
You'll always 

             
be a piece of 

         
mine, peace of

 mind
             
We drove that 

             
road we know a

           
t least a mill

ion times
             
I'm so damn ti

             
red of seeing 

     
that empty dri

ve
        
Out at Sarah's

 Place

[Chorus]
            
Don't come bac

              
k lover, I'm p

             
roud you're un

          
der the skylin

e
            
We always knew

              
 you were the 

             
better half of

      
 our good time

s
            
Those backyard

              
 lights don't 

             
shine as brigh

           
t without your

 face
        
Out at Sarah's

 Place

[Interlude]
            
Oh ah, hey

 
        
Mmm, mmm



[Outro]
             
Plane tickets 

             
have gotten aw

         
fully expensiv

e
             
But I got mine

             
 for the price

       
 of a Gibson