I wake up every morning before the sunrise casts an early beam across this empty oversized bed

This house ain't felt as empty since the day you left me here alone, it's full of ghosts and visions and regret

cause sometimes I still think of back when you were here with me

and broken bottles I drank to forget

If it's any consolation, I hope you're happy as can be

as for me I haven't reached there yet

I've been chasing a dream down a lonely highway

chasing a dream out into the blue

chasing a dream with every waking moment

I've been chasing a dream since I stopped chasing you

I still ain't moved the dresser that we fixed up when we bought this house

It's full of all the letters that you wrote

I guess I'll get around to it one day, but I ain't in a rush. Seems like it's somehow safer to stay closed

'cause every word's a fuel rod of potential energy

lying dormant waiting to react

and I got better things to do than play with fire, you see

when I finish those I'll try and get to that

I've been chasing a dream down a lonely highway

chasing a dream out into the blue

chasing a dream with every waking moment

I've been chasing a dream since I stopped chasing you

I've taken time just thinking about the way we never stood a chance and all the years we did each other wrong

I've tried so many times to find the perfect way to put it all. I figured it would make a decent song

But all the words and chords and rhymes and pretty melodies

Can only do so much to tell the tale

I'll take it on the road and sing it to everyone I ever meet

And fake it when they stop to wish me well

I've been chasing a dream down a lonely highway

chasing a dream out into the blue

chasing a dream with every waking moment

I've been chasing a dream since I stopped chasing you

I stepped outside to catch my breath

but the air was full of smoke

my chest on fire I thought of you

and coughed a dirty joke

I laughed until I fell asleep

right there under the tree

And still I'm there at least I think

I saw you in a dream

You walked on the gravestone, said its only dead bones

that's all

You sing Hallelujah but it means nothing to ya

at all

and you shout out at midnight said bring on a good fight

I got the worms on my side, the worms on my side

and you best bring your A-game, cause this ain't no small thing

at all

The seasons changed but I remained

as leaves they fell and grew

I watched you dancing dressed in red

a love I never knew

You tore out the first page, said it reads better this way

that's all

You blacked out the ending. don't know what you're defending

at all

and you shout out at midnight said "I'm ready, it's alright"

I got the worms on my side, the worms on my side

and you best bring your A-game, cause it's just a small thing

is all

and you shout out at midnight said bring on a good fight

I got the worms on my side, the worms on my side

and you shout out at midnight said bring on a good fight

I got the worms on my side, the worms on my side

I got the worms on my side, the worms on my side

I was headed to work and runnin late again

I've had plenty of chances, this might be the end

I'm almost there, and what do I see?

Propped alone by the vending machine

Long hair, dirty jeans

ugly, tattooed man

on the sidewalk

strummin guitar

(yeah strummin guitar)

I stopped for a moment to see what he's got

man he was workin that fretboard, he really knew how to rock

I forgot all about the state I was in

I pulled up a spot and I started to sing

Long hair, dirty jeans

ugly, tatooed man

with his ears guaged

out on the sidewalk

strummin guitar

(yeah strummin guitar)

I was catchin his groove and we were starting to jive

I was having a blast and I lost track of the time

I had giving up on my previous dream

I was on a new path and I'm happy to be

long hair, dirty jeans

ugly, tatooed man

with his ears guaged out

and a cardboard house

on the sidewalk

strummin guitar

(Just strummin guitar)

There's a time and a place

for all things, you see

but I still ain't found nowhere got no time for me

Just keep plowin ahead

every dog gets his day

but that day came and went, man, I barked it away

Chorus

Oh, fair lady, sure wish I had time

but I'm already down to my last silver dime

and the world keeps spinnin around

I just can't get my feet on the ground

There's a quarter tank

of gas in the truck

And I think I might go and try pushin my luck

But the dog needs feedin

and the cats probably too

there's just so much to keep up with and more to do

Chorus

Oh, fair lady, sure wish I had time

but I'm already down to my last silver dime

and the world keeps spinnin around

I just can't get my feet on the ground

Bridge

Come on home now, Brody

There's food on the floor

I hear you howlin down the road

but soon, you'll be scratchin upon the front door

Chorus

Oh, fair lady, sure wish I had time

but I'm already down to my last silver dime

and the world keeps spinnin around

I just can't get my feet on the ground

It ain't often the snow falls in south alabama

Every ten to twenty years or so the whole place shuts down

at least they try. The cops put the word out

But half of us get out and go drive around

There's too many pictures to take

and too many memories to make

too many dollars at stake

to stay at home

like fresh bleach-clean linen this ritual dancer

Swirlin and blowing, the landing she'll stick

passenger pathogens spreading like cancer

it whips through the air makin everyone sick

There's too many pictures to take

and too many memories to make

too many dollars at stake

to stay at home

too many rogue thoughts to shake

too many warm smiles to fake

too many stone hearts to break

to be alone

The wind makes a curtain of white out the window

It's much colder this year than in 2016

ther're more markers in the graveyard than back then, you know?

and it's so hard to go out and take in that scene

Yeah, it's so hard to go out and take in that scene

There's too many pictures to take

and too many memories to make

too many dollars at stake

to stay at home

too many rogue thoughts to shake

too many warm smiles to fake

too many stone hearts to break

to be alone