The One You Left Behind

[Verse 1]
Well I couldn’t speak when I kissed your cheek so the tears just said goodbye
But still I knew what I had to do was spread my wings and fly
So I loaded up my pickup truck and threw it into drive

[Verse 2]
I had a friend in Louisiana on an oil rig in the Gulf
He said the night life of New Orleans would really light me up
And for a while girl, it was true
So why do I still dream of you?

[Chorus]
Sometimes you’ve got to leave to learn
How good life was back, where you were
And the greener pasture you set out to find
Is the one you left behind

[Verse 3]
I spend my days on a fishing boat, and my nights on bourbon street
A taste I got of this brand new life, at best is bitter sweet
Behind the mask of Mardi Gras
I hid so well that no one saw

[Verse 4]
A country boy who misses the man that he used to be
And holding hands on sunset walks to the Dairy Queen
And the kind of work I used to do
And breathing in the air with you

[Chorus]
Sometimes you’ve got to leave to learn
How good life was back, where you were
And the greener pasture you set out to find
Is the one you left behind

[Bridge]
I kissed your lips I pulled you close
And the tears say girl I missed you so

[Chorus]
Sometimes you’ve got to leave to learn
How good life was back, where you were
And the greener pasture you set out to find
Is the one you left behind

[Outro]
Is the one you left behind
Is the one you left behind
The one you left behind