[Title: What About Me] (Verse 1) Loaded up bags in the bed of that old Ford Kissed the pups, hugged your mama, said “I can’t do this anymore” You left a note on the table, said you’re sorry but you’re gone I stood there in the driveway with the taillights moving on Wonderin’ where I belong What about me? (Chorus) What about me when the dust drops down? What about me in this dead-end town? You’re chasin’ a new high, feelin’ wild and free While I’m starin’ at what’s left of the man I used to be Everybody gets a goodbye I see What about me? (Verse 2) This house still smells like you, the coffee’s goin’ cold The quiet’s so loud it wakes the ghosts of days of old Friends say “Man, just move on, she ain’t worth the pain” But they ain’t the ones watching you change your name You’re not hear anymore What about me? (Chorus) What about me when the nights won’t end? What about me when I just can’t pretend That I’m alright with bein’ left behind like yesterday’s news? You’re out there livin’ louder than I ever thought you could I’m just tryin’ to figure out how to feel anything at all Tell me, baby, what about me? (Bridge) I don’t need the big house, don’t need the ring Just needed to matter, just needed something That proved I mattered to you Guess I was wrong [Turnaround] Funny how “I’m leavin’” sounds a lot like “you never loved me anyway” (Final Chorus – raw, half a step higher) What about me when the bottle’s dry? What about me when I’m too tired to cry? You’re somebody’s sunrise, somebody’s prayer come true I’m the vapor in the rearview that you never even knew God knows I tried to be enough But I guess I never was So darlin’… what about me? (Outro – single guitar, slow) What about me? Yeah… what about me? (Ends on a unresolved chord – just like the feeling)
