[Lyric] I Left This Town (Jeffrey Foucault)

[VERSE 1]
I left this town
With the throttle open wide
The heater was blowing
But there was nothing inside
Could ember the darkness
Or swallow my pride
When I left this town
I was running

[VERSE 2]
I left this town
With the milk and the fire
A rattling hollow
Itinerant choir
That cut me and called me
And held me entire
When I left this town
I was gunning

[Chorus]
You couldn’t understand
What I wanted
No one could hold my hand
And make it alright
Born into the land of the dead
I was haunted
But I could hear the ghosts
Singing on the other side
[VERSE 3]
I left this town
With the blood and the wine
A rooster was crowing
And my mama was crying
For everything born
There’s another one dying
When I left this town
I was done in

[Chorus]
You couldn’t say my name
You didn’t know it
You thought it was just a game
I was gambling my life
You said you felt the same
I said why don’t you show it
And then I left you standing in the dust
By the highway side

[OUTRO]
I left this town
With the throttle open wide
I left this town
With the throttle open wide
I left this town
With tears in my eyes
And I left this town
I said I left this town
I left this town