From the recording Tarrant County

Lyrics

I don’t wanna do this any more
pushing through a crowded hallway, looking for a door
and every one I open leads to where I was before
and I don’t wanna do this anymore

I wish I’d been a different kind of man
worthy of the trust she gave when she gave me her hand
seeing how I wounded her is more than I can stand
I wish I’d been a different kind of man

I’ll never be the story that she needed
So I’ll try to tell the story that you want
I’ll open up my heart if you’ll believe it
or just promise not to tell me if you don’t

I don’t wanna live this kind of life
I know that I could use some rest but I been up all night
fighting back the dreams of doing wrong instead of right
and I don’t wanna live this kind of life

I wish that I had never heard your name
I saw a different picture than the one here in this frame
and the hands that carried all my hope now carry all the blame
I wish that I had never heard your name.