Momma cried when you left me   You know she's always loved you so   She said, "Hey fool what the hell did you do?"   I said, "Now mom I swear to god I just don't know"      Picture book sittin' there on the table   Memories were stacked up through the years   Tonight their ain't no pictures on them pages   'Cause you're kinda gone and you're never coming back home again      Yeah tonight all the dance halls are empty   With no young lovers on the floor   So I'll sit here with my whiskey   Drink it till I just can't drink no more      And I don't know why you had to leave me   And all I really know is that you are gone, long gone   And everywhere I go I just feel lonely   You're the only life I've ever known      I guess you must've heard the highway calling   You packed up your things and headed for the coast   And I had to fight the urge to follow   I guess some time away from me is all you've ever really needed most      Yeah tonight you know this whole damn town is empty   And I don't think I can take it anymore   So I'll sit here with my whiskey   And drink it till I just can't drink no more      A late night phone call from the east coast   Guess she said she'd had enough,coming on back home   Guess she went out and got crazy for awhile   If she leaves right now, maybe she'll make Memphis by the dawn      And tonight you know this whole damn house is empty   Tomorrow will be like it was before   So I'll put away my whiskey, I guess I just don't need it anymore   Yeah I'll put away my whiskey, I guess I just don't need it anymore   No no no no no no no