[Intro] [Verse] Don't follow me home, baby, I ain't got nothing there. Just an empty room and a cigarette, And ghosts that don't play fair. Don't wait up at my window, Don't leave your shoes by the door. I've got a habit of wanting things I can't afford anymore. [Chorus] So don't follow me home, Don't follow me down that road. You don't want to see where I go When the good in me gets cold. I can tell you that I'm trouble, I can tell you I'm no good— But if you're gonna follow me, baby, God knows I wish you would. [Verse 2] There's a bottle on the counter, There's a shadow on the wall. I keep telling myself I'm finished, Then I hear your footsteps in the hall. You keep looking at me like There's something worth saving here. Baby, that's a dangerous kind of faith When you know what brought me here. [Chorus] So don't follow me home, Don't follow me down that road. You don't want to see where I go When the good in me gets cold. I can tell you that I'm trouble, I can tell you I'm no good— But if you're gonna follow me, baby, God knows I wish you would. [Bridge] Maybe I don't want salvation. Maybe I just want someone near. Maybe I'm scared that if you love me, You'll disappear. So I'll give you every reason To turn around and let me be— And hate myself a little When you don't listen to me. [Guitar Break - Slow, lonely fingerpicked blues. Let the final notes hang.] [Final Chorus] Don't follow me home, baby, You know better than that. I've got a heart full of bad ideas And a soul that bites back. I can tell you I'm a lost cause, I can swear that I always will— But if you're standing there beside me... Don't make me ask you to stay still. [Outro] Don't follow me home... I won't stop you.
