Back There Again
Back There Again appears on Pure BS, Blake Shelton’s studio album released on May 1, 2007.
written by Tom Douglas
This old Buick's like the needle on a compass
Pointed due west
I remember her smile like June sunflowers
And the look of her body as she slipped out of that dress
God, I'm such a mess
Never a morning person, but that girl's still in bed
The sheets are tangled, the alarm is jangling
The last dream from her pretty head
I told her I was leaving
She didn't believe the words I said
I ain't ever goin’
I ain't ever goin’
I ain't ever goin’
Back there again
She'll put on her makeup and drink from her tea cup
Glance at that silver frame
See I took our picture and then it'll hit her
She'll cry out with pain
Maybe whisper my name
I ain't ever goin’
I ain't ever goin’
I ain't ever goin’
Back there again
No one's goin’ to make me
Nothing's goin’ to take me
I ain't ever goin’
Back there again
Now, don't blame her, mama, for making me promise
Don't come around here no more
She said, "Maybe your life's gone to hell
But that's a tour of duty she didn't sign up for"
When you can't save yourself, you save somebody else
Maybe that's how you survive
I'm running away so she don't have to see
A life in slow-motion suicide
You throw in the towel, they call you a coward
Tell you, Fight, don't cut and run
Well, I ain’t no hero, but the truth is I know
It's the bravest thing I've ever done
The hardest part is knowin’ what we could have
And should have become
I ain't ever goin’
I ain't ever goin’
I ain't ever goin’
No one's goin’ to make me
Nothing's goin’ to take me
I ain't ever goin’
Goin’
To break her heart again