Last Call, First Goodbye

[Verse 1] The bartender knows my order And the corner where I sit There’s a tear in the red vinyl I’ve been wearing through with it I signed my name on a napkin For a girl whose name I missed Funny how a town can hold you By the things you never fix [Chorus] So give me one more song, boys One more round for the room I’ll raise this glass like always And leave before it’s through You’ll think I’m headed homeward You won’t know what I knew This is last call, first goodbye And I’m already gone from you [Verse 2] I told my mother I’d be careful She said, “Careful won’t get far” I packed two shirts and my old six-string Left the rest beside the bar There’s a bus beyond the county line At a quarter after two I’m scared of what the road remembers But more scared of staying true [Chorus] So give me one more song, boys One more round for the room I’ll raise this glass like always And leave before it’s through You’ll think I’m headed homeward You won’t know what I knew This is last call, first goodbye And I’m already gone from you [Bridge] If you hear my name in springtime Don’t go looking down the tracks Some hearts are made for leaving Some roads don’t lead you back [Final Chorus] So give me one more song, boys Let the last note find the door I’ll smile like I’m just restless Like I’ve done a hundred times before The crowd will turn to talking The room will swallow up the truth This is last call, first goodbye And I’m already gone from you [Outro] Last call, first goodbye Keep the light on if you choose I was here, and then I wasn’t That’s the only thing I knew