My buddies think I'm on the lake Boss thinks I've been sick for days And mama's probably on her way 'Cause I ain't picked up the phone I've been a million places But they're all up in my head Over-drinking, overthinking ever since you left I've been gone, I've been gone I've been sittin' on the couch watching TV all day long All day long, I've been tryin' to figure out how a good thing went wrong Faster than that freight train, farther than that airplane Sadder than a country song Headed down that highway, anywhere but my way Ever since you moved on, I've been gone Took a trip down memory lane Checked into hotel heartbreak Passed rock bottom on the way Without leaving my living room I've been a million places But they're all up in my head Over-drinking, overthinking ever since you left I've been gone, I've been gone I've been sittin' on the couch watching TV all day long All day long, I've been tryin' to figure out how a good thing went wrong Faster than that freight train, farther than that airplane Sadder than a country song Headed down that highway, anywhere but my way Ever since you moved on, I've been gone Yeah I've been gone All the clothes are on the floor All the mail's by the door All the whiskey bottles in my bed All the dishes in the sink All the gas is in the tank All the neighbors probably think I'm dead I've been gone, I've been gone I've been sittin' on the couch watching TV all day long All day long, I've been tryin' to figure out how a good thing went wrong Faster than that freight train, farther than that airplane Sadder than a country song Headed down that highway, anywhere but my way Ever since you moved on, I've been gone (ooh, ooh) I've been gone (ooh, ooh) Gone

It's the keys to your daddy's car It's a night alone 'neath the desert stars It's a five o'clock whistle It's the classroom bell It's a Panama City at the window yell A first kiss after a broken heart We all wanna break the chains Feel the wind against our face Everybody wants the same thing We wanna taste that freedom (freedom) Everybody 'round here wanna taste that freedom (freedom) Freedom, yeah It's a pocket full of folded cash It's telling that boss he can kiss your ass That ticket to your favorite show Getting lost in the rock and roll Close your eyes, hands up high Go on and let it all go, oh We all wanna break the chains Feel the wind against our face Everybody wants the same thing We wanna taste that freedom (freedom) Everybody 'round here wanna taste that freedom (freedom) Freedom, yeah (Freedom) (Everybody 'round here wanna taste that freedom) (Freedom, freedom, yeah) That flag on a solider's sleeve All around the world they know what it means And they all want just a little piece of freedom, yeah That flag on a solider's sleeve All around the world they know what it means And they all want just a little piece of this freedom, yeah We all wanna break the chains Feel the wind against our face Everybody wants the same thing We wanna taste that freedom (freedom) Everybody 'round here wanna taste that freedom (freedom) Freedom, yeah (Freedom) (Everybody 'round here wanna taste that freedom, freedom)

Sometimes the weight of the world that's on my shoulders Is nothing, but the heavy thoughts in my head When they get all twisted up and tangled, I unravel Down a less traveled road, where my soul can be fed When there's no peace to be found I head for hallowed ground I still feel at home up on some lonely hill In the blink of an eye, my head's clear as the sky Like the trees with no breeze, my heart's still Where the world's the way God made it still There's nothing like the sound of a rollin' rocky river To help my worries roll right off my back Let that crisp air take my breath away each morning And dip that mountain sunrise in my coffee black When there's no peace to be found I head for hallowed ground I still feel at home up on some lonely hill In the blink of an eye, my head's clear as the sky Like the trees with no breeze, my heart's still Where the world's the way God made it still In the blink of an eye, my head's clear as the sky And like the trees with no breeze, my heart's still Where the world's the way God made it still Let it stay the way God made it still

Lay your pretty head down on my shoulder You don't have to worry anymore This old world is cold and getting colder And I know how to lock and bolt the door I'm strong enough to hold you through the winter Mean enough to stare your demons down The hard times put the shine into the diamond I won't let that keep us in the ground I'm a riser I'm a get up off the ground, don't run and hider Pushing comes to shoving Hey and I'm a fighter When darkness comes to town, I'm a lighter Get out aliver, of the fire Survivor If we ain't got no money I can make it I ain't afraid of working to the bone When I don't know what I'm doing I can fake it I'll pray till Jesus rolls away the stone I'm a riser I'm a get up off the ground, don't run and hider Pushing comes to shoving Hey I'm a fighter When darkness comes to town, I'm a lighter Get out aliver, of the fire, survivor I'm a trier I'm a get down low so I can lift you higher An army couldn't keep down my desire Yeah I'm a riser I'm a get off of the ground, don't run and hider And pushing comes to shoving Baby I'm a fighter When darkness comes to town, I'm a lighter Get out aliver, of the fire, survivor I'm a riser I'm a riser I'm a riser