Still got mud in my shoes Still got her voice in the room Bottle ain’t fixing nothing But it’s the only thing that showed up tonight First kiss tasted like bottom-shelf whiskey First night I didn’t come home Mama didn’t say a word Just looked past me like I was already leaving Silence does more damage than fists Tried scrubbing her off in that river like it owed me something back All it ever did was keep moving like I wasn’t worth slowing down for The bayou taught me wrong Taught me keep it moving Taught me don’t get close If you don’t wanna lose it Now every love feels rented And I pack it up too soon Yeah the bayou taught me wrong I learned how to leave before you do Daddy went quiet before he went gone Mama talked to Heaven But the lights learned how to shut off without warning Beds aren’t promises Cars make decent confessionals God don’t call but trouble still knows my number Every woman I touched eventually pulled away And I don’t blame ’em I wouldn't hold me either The bayou taught me wrong Taught me leave first Taught me keep it light so it don’t hurt as bad Now I hold love like change in my pocket Something I don’t expect to keep Yeah the bayou taught me wrong And it taught me how to stay lonely with company Sometimes I talk to the river like it owes me a reason Ask it why everything I touch either leaves or learns how to pretend It never answers Just drags the dark along I ain’t built to hear The bayou taught me wrong And I never fought it off I wore that way of living Like it wasn’t killing me soft Now I don’t even know What I’d do with something real Yeah the bayou taught me wrong And I don’t know how I’m supposed to heal Tried leaving once Didn’t make it far Everything else knew where it was going …guess I never did
