Formica and Freight Trains

[Intro]
[Verse]
Six A.M. light is gray
Rain has washed the night away
Chipped Formica under my hand
Staring at the promised land
On a postcard from ninety-four
When I walked out the tour bus door
[Pre-Chorus]
Coffee’s turning cold and thin
Like the state I’m currently in
Scuffed my boots on the floor
Don't want to run anymore
[Chorus]
Oh, the road we didn't take
All the hearts I had to break
Was it wrong or was it right?
Leaving in the middle of the night
Now the train wails far away
I’m just glad I chose to stay
[Post-Chorus]
Glad I chose to stay
In the quiet of the day
Glad I chose to stay
[Verse]
You were playing that old Gibson red
With all those songs inside your head
We were chasing down the ghost
From the valley to the coast
But my lungs ran out of air
I just couldn't meet you there
[Pre-Chorus]
Linoleum is cracked and old
Stories that were never told
I can hear the mandolin
Where the melody begins
[Chorus]
Oh, the road we didn't take
All the hearts I had to break
Was it wrong or was it right?
Leaving in the middle of the night
Now the train wails far away
I’m just glad I chose to stay
[Bridge]
It's a beautiful, jagged mess
In this faded cotton dress
I didn't get the gold or fame
But I still remember your name
And the pump organ groans low
Telling me it's time to go
[Instrumental]
[Verse]
The ink is blurred, the stamp is torn
A different kind of life was born
I’m a stranger to that girl
Twirling in a neon world
But I thank you for the note
And every harmony you wrote
[Chorus]
Oh, the road we didn't take
All the hearts I had to break
Was it wrong or was it right?
Leaving in the middle of the night
Now the train wails far away
I’m just glad I chose to stay
[Post-Chorus]
Glad I chose to stay
In the quiet of the day
Glad I chose to stay
[Outro]