Population Minus One - Mark Chesnutt

What the hell was I thinkin'

Comin' and livin' in the concrete canyon

Trying to swim upstream in a river of vacant eyed people

Where are they going so fast?

What in the world could be that important?

And I miss mama

Wonder what she’s doing

Probably looking out that kichen window

At the green grass and that clear sky

Daddy’s probably sneakin' up behind her

Putting his hands around her waist

Restin' his head on her shoulder

Telling her how much he loves her

That’s what I ought to be doing with you right now

I find it hard breathe

Without you next to me

Gonna leave this phone hangin', I’m gone

Before the sun goes down

Gonna ditch this town

Population minus, one

Oh yeah, I know what I was thinkin', I wasn’t

I came this close to making the biggest mistake of my life

Is that a train I hear in the background?

You’re on the porch, aren’t you?

Got your head resting on that pillow on the swing

Your bare feet propped up on those chain links

Your toenails painted cotton candy pink, ah, man

Let’s see, smog or the smell of summer in your hair

Yea, I’m outta here

I find it hard breathe

Without you next to me

Gonna leave this phone hangin', I’m gone

Before the sun goes down

Gonna ditch this town

Population minus, one

Baby, I can’t tell you how good it felt

To roll back into this little map dot

Seeing those sugar maples shading mainstreet

And I never noticed it before but I smiled when I saw

All those post game celebration.

beer bottle dents

In that deer crossing sign

You know some of those were ours

Kiss me, kiss me again

I find it hard breathe

Without you next to me

Gonna leave this phone hangin', I’m gone

Before the sun goes down

Gonna ditch this town

Population minus, one

Just look at you and me

Right where we need to be, Yeah…