Old Memories Stir

Well I met her when she was only seventeen
Dark black hair, blue eyes, and a smile so pristine
Inseparable from the moment we met
I said I'd stay with her forever, yeah I'd wager any bet on it
But my bookie went broke and I got lost in the smoke
And I can barely remember, those nights we used to joke
Staying up late on my father's front porch
Yeah we'd watch the thunderstorms roll across the sky dancing back and fourth
And every time the thunder crashed she held me a little tighter
And I swear I still love her but those night are such a blur
And I can't help but think about everything I've come to live without
Forever on these streets I'll roam until I find my way home

Well things got a little more secure when I slid that ring onto her finger
And when she said yes I swear to god that she was going to melt to sugar
And I kissed those lips underneath the stars
And I grab her waist pulled her hips into mine
It was love for our first time and it was my worst crime
Because a few weeks after that I could see this glow around her
Her breast swelling up, her tummy stretching wider
And when the day finally came she smiled through the pain
But after the baby came and she wouldn't wake
Well I saw panic in the doctor's eyes he said, "Things may complicate"
I said, "Do whatever it takes I'm not leaving until I can take my wife home"

Well I've been locked up in these lies mostly all of my life
And I just can't seem to understand where it went wrong
I married a wife we had a picture perfect life
But the photograph faded before it got developed
I was enveloped in fear, up to my knees in tears
When the doctor told me she wasn't coming back home
She died giving birth; my baby girl came with a hearse
I couldn't look her in the eyes when the doctor said, just take her home

Well, take her away from this wicked world
Take her away form it all
Just take her home

Well my wife was a saint so I named our daughter angel
Then I took her to the church and abandoned her
And now my memory's faint but I've looked through every angel
Till the ends of the world I've searched I still miss her
But I can't bring them back, one love I lost one love left me
So I turn to the bottle it became my only friend
And one day when I die well I swear I won't be sober
But I'm praying that the good lord will still just take me home
Just take me home
Oh Lord, won't you just take me...