bus to birmingham

Lyrics

she didn't see me see her cryin', as she sat there by the window, on a southbound greyhound leavin' town, the hardest thing i've ever done, was to walk away and let that woman go, 'cause she came close to turnin' me around, now i know she missed her mama, 'cause that's the kind of life she comes from, ain't no kinda life i'm ever gonna have, she said she'd call me from the station, but i'll be gone before she gets there, and i'll see her every time i'm lookin' back, heaven knows i ain't no angel, and i don't always do the right thing, and right now i know that she don't understand, but i'll sleep better knowin', the only thing i ever loved, is on that bus to birmingham, tonight i'll slip back in the shadows, and i'll sip a glass of whiskey, and i'll try to keep from whisperin' her name, but there's some highways i ain't driven, and there's some towns that i ain't lived in, and there's some times that i can't get out of the rain, and lord i can't bear to break, another promise that i made her, so i made out like i wanted her to go, and i'm better off believin', that she's better off without me, 'cause i don't want her to see me do her wrong, heaven knows i don't always do the right thing, and right now i know that she don't understand, but i'll sleep better knowin', the only thing i ever loved, is on that bus to birmingham