Verse 1 Fifty miles outside of town In a motel with a broken sign Picked up a pen to write it all down On a half-empty pad beside the phone line I’m not where I was headed But here I am just the same Luck smiled on me once or twice Then life went and changed the game Dust hangs on the curtains Hopefully a clean glass I raise a toast to memories And the ones I miss the most tonight Chorus Here’s to the roads I shouldn’t have taken And the bridges I watched burn down Here’s to the dreams that slipped right through me Somewhere between then and now Here’s to the love I thought would save me And the ghosts that won’t let go I’m sitting in this motel room With nowhere left to go Verse 2 The neon buzzes through the window Like a tired old country song Every mile behind me tells me Where I went wrong There’s a picture in my wallet Faded from too many years Funny how some memories survive Through whiskey, smoke, and tears Chorus Here’s to the roads I shouldn’t have taken And the bridges I watched burn down Here’s to the dreams that slipped right through me Somewhere between then and now Here’s to the love I thought would save me And the ghosts that won’t let go I’m sitting in this motel room With nowhere left to go Bridge Tomorrow I’ll keep moving That’s what old travelers do But tonight this room is crowded With memories of you Final Chorus Here’s to the roads I shouldn’t have taken And the life I couldn’t control Here’s to every broken heartache That carved another hole And if you’re out there somewhere listening Know I still think of you most As I sit beneath this broken sign And raise one final toast… To the memories… And who I miss the most.
