Back Alley Heartache

[Verse 1]

Snow boots by the doorway

April

And it's still this cold

Coffee gone to mud now

Same story gettin' old

You said you'd just be drivin'

"Clear my head

Just need a ride"

Found your note on the table

Keys already by your side

[Chorus]

Back alley heartache

Trash fire burnin' low

I gave you every good year I had

You left me with the snow

Back alley heartache

Echo in a rusted can

You walked off with my Sunday best

Left me here a paper man (oh yeah)

[Verse 2]

Your red scarf on the bedpost

Smell of smoke and drugstore rose

Laugh lines in old pictures

Cut deeper than you know

Guess you found your bright side

In somebody else's need

[Chorus]

Back alley heartache

Trash fire burnin' low

I gave you every good year I had

You left me with the snow

Back alley heartache

Echo in a rusted can

You walked off with my Sunday best

Left me here a paper man

[Bridge]

I ain't askin' for forgiveness

I done my share of wrong

But I held you like a promise

You dropped me like a song (hey!)

Now this cold wind keeps on knockin'

Through the cracks in every door

If you ever feel that midnight

You know just what it's for

[Chorus]

Back alley heartache

Trash fire burnin' low

I gave you every good year I had

You left me with the snow

Back alley heartache

Echo in a rusted can

You walked off with my Sunday best

Left me here a paper man