I gotta go, mama
I've grown out this town
I'll write y'all when I am able
When by my boots touch down
You must have known that it would be this way
You must have known that there would come a day
I learned to live by living
Like I was born to die
I let the highway guide me
Until my tank run dry
I've always known that it would be this way
I always knew that I would live this this
I fell In love with someone
But then done fell out
I poured my heart out for her
And then there come a drought
I should have known that it would be this way
I should have chose to leave instead of stay
Now I don't need nobody
I'm fine here on my own
And when I'm somewhere too long
I'm way past getting gone
But now I know it has to be this way
Ya, now I known that I can never stay
I'm on the run now, mama
I made a grave mistake
I killed a man in anger
And now I'm wanted by the state
I never thought that it would be this way
You're only son caught here in the fray
I'm on the ground, mama
With a bullet in my chest
I wished I'd have mailed this letter
Blood soaked in my vest
I didn't think that it would be this way
I didn't think that it would end this