Tracy Byrd

If I Stay

Lately the ties that bind

Feel like a noose around my neck

Chokin' the life from me

And leavin' my dreams gaspin' for breath

I've lost sight and so have you of the man you were attracted to

We lost me somewhere along the line

And I can't live like this no more knowing just outside that door

There's a road that leaves this all behind

There's a half a tank of freedom in my Chevy and I'm leavin'

And there's nothin' in this world you can say

So don't insist on standin' in my way

I can't find me if I stay

If you really love me if you care at all

You'll gladly step aside

I've given you the best of me

And now the rest of me is gonna take a ride

There's a gravel road that turns into a two lane black top highway

That stretches out for miles and miles and miles

And the mileposts and the road signs are pointin' out a white line

To a man I haven't been in quite awhile

There's a half a tank of freedom in my Chevy and I'm leavin'

And there's nothin' in this world you can say

So don't insist on standin' in my way

I can't find me if I stay