You keep everyone at arm's length
Your thoughts are locked up in a box at the bank
Like a Rubik's Cube with no solution
Or the planets without revolution
The road is empty and the night is endless
Your seat belt hold you when you're shaking and you're breathless
Each mile you pass marks a memory
Escaping who you used to be
Escaping who you used to be
Where do you leave your heart?
In a different city every night
Where do you leave your thoughts?
They're in a different state of mind
No, things have never and will never be the same
Since Alabama changed you, whoa
Since Alabama changed you, whoa
And you know you're like flipping a coin
You're a gamble to those who play
And while you're way up in the air
Oh, the ground, the ground patiently awaits
Oh, the ground, the ground patiently awaits
Where do you leave your heart?
In a different city every night
Where do you leave your thoughts?
They're in a different state of mind
No, things have never and will never be the same
Since Alabama changed you, whoa
Since Alabama changed you, whoa
And it's not that you mean to live behind steel walls
Or to let nobody in
It's just the way in which the sea has taught
You not to sink but to swim
Why do you leave your heart?
In a different city every night
Why do you leave your thoughts?
In a different state of mind
No, things have never and will never be the same
Since Alabama changed you, whoa
Since Alabama changed you, whoa
Since Alabama changed you, whoa
Since Alabama changed you, whoa