This old Buick's like a needle on a compass pointed due west   I remember her smile like June sunflowers   And the look of her body as she slipped out of that dress   God, I'm such a mess.      Never a mornin' person, but that girl's still in bed   The sheets are tanglin', her little arm is danglin'   The last dream from her pretty head   I told her I was leavin'   She didn't believe the words I said.      I ain't ever goin'   I ain't ever goin'   I ain't ever goin'   Back there, again.      She'll put on her makeup and drink from her tea cup   Glance at that silver frame   See, I took our picture and then it'll hit her   She'll cry out with pain   Maybe, whisper my name.      Repeat Chorus      No one's gonna make me   Nothing's gonna take me   I ain't ever goin'    Back there, again.      Now, don't blame her mama - for makin' me promise   Don't come around here, no more   She said, "maybe your life's gone to hell    But, that's a tour of duty she didn't sign up for."      When you can't save yourself, you save somebody else   Maybe that's how you survive   I'm runnin' away so she don't have to see   A life in slow-motion suicide.      You throw in the towl - they call you a coward   Tell ya - fight, don't cut and run   I ain't no hero, but the truth is I know   It's the bravest thing I've ever done   The hardest part is knowing what we could have   Shoud have become.      I ain't ever goin'   I ain't ever goin'   I ain't ever goin'.      No one's gonna make me    Nothing's gonna take me   I ain't ever goin', goin'    To break her heart again...