| I take a breath and turn the key
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| I never guessed this would take all of me
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| One more look at what I’m leaving behind
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| This cloud of dust it’s my goodbye
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| It’s a long, long road to independence
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| But I’m leaving you for Tennessee
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| I’ve got demons riding shotgun
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| Telling me not to go
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| But what they don’t know
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| Is I’m already gone
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| They say it’s easier as time goes by
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| Why won’t these tears stop falling from my eyes
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| Letting you go wasn’t what I planned
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| With every mile the more I understand
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| It’s a long, long road to independence
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| But I’m leaving you for Tennessee
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| I’ve got demons riding shotgun
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| Telling me not to go
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| But what they don’t know
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| Is I’m already gone
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| And I almost turned around on highway 65
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| In a Arkansas at a truck stop just to cry
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| I put myself together at the Chatham county line
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| And I thought about my heart and all the reasons why I should drive
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| It’s a long, long road to independence
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| But I’m leaving you for Tennessee
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| I’ve got demons riding shotgun
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| Telling me not to go
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| But what they don’t know
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| Is I’m already gone |