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