Sheets are tanglin', little arm is janglin'

She didn't believe the words I said

Maybe that's how you survive
I ain't ever goin'
No one's gonna make me

I'm runnin' away so she don't have to see
She'll cry out with pain, maybe whisper my name
But that's a tour of duty she didn't sign up for"
No one's gonna make me
I ain't ever goin'
Nothing's gonna take me
Nothing's gonna take me
What we could have and should have become

The hardest part is knowing
Well, I ain't no hero, but the truth is I know

I ain't ever goin'
Tell you, “Fight, don't cut and run”
Back there again

Back there again
I ain't ever goin'
Don't come around here no more
I ain't ever goin'

When you can't save yourself you save somebody else
I ain't ever goin'
Now, don't blame her mama for makin' me promise
I ain't ever goin'
Back there
She'll put on her makeup and drink from her tea cup
See, I took our picture and then it'll hit her
The look of her body as she slipped out that dress
God, I'm such a mess
I ain't ever goin'
The last dream from her pretty head, I told her I was leavin'
Never a mornin' person but that girl's still in bed

You throw in the towel, they call you a coward
I ain't ever goin'
Glance at that silver frame
It's the bravest thing I've ever done
She said, "Maybe your life's gone to hell
I ain't ever goin'
A life in slow motion suicide
I ain't ever goin'

Goin' to break her heart again
Back there again