Last One to Leave This Town

They're betting I won't go. They're wrong.

Verse 1 I watched the smart kids leave at eighteen Pickup loaded, mama on the porch I watched the cousins leave at twenty Restless boy and a borrowed torch Said I'd be different, said I'd stay 'Cause somebody had to face the day But the day kept making me a smaller thing And the smaller you get, the more it stings

Pre-Chorus I packed the truck slow Not a stick I owe I gave 'em the wave I had to outgrow

Chorus I'll be the last one to leave this town Not because I love it, 'cause I owed it a goodbye Every coward leaves at midnight I'll be doing it in daylight

Verse 2 Saw the diner with the lights still on Waved at Marlene through the dirty pane Drove past the school, drove past the lot Drove past the place where they buried Shane I'm not running. I'm not afraid. This is the slowest exit ever made You can look at a place straight on and leave That's a different kind of brave

Pre-Chorus I packed the truck slow Not a stick I owe I gave 'em the wave I had to outgrow

Chorus I'll be the last one to leave this town Not because I love it, 'cause I owed it a goodbye Every coward leaves at midnight I'll be doing it in daylight

Bridge To everyone who said I'd be the one to stay I'm sorry — not enough to keep me, though I won't write. I won't come back. I just had to leave the way I'd want to go. I'll be the last one to leave this town Not because I love it, 'cause I owed it a goodbye Every coward leaves at midnight I'll be doing it in daylight

Outro I'll be doing it in daylight I'll be doing it in daylight

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