I Just Can’t Leave

written by Jake Stilson

I left my childhood home out in the country

Left the path of least resistance down in New Orleans

Left a campfire in the hills of Old Kentucky

But when it comes to you I just can’t leave

I left a Les Paul in the Smokies at a pawn shop on the state line 

I got a room and a couple of bottles to kill a little time

I left an amplifier in Murfreesboro with a dude that never paid 

I left a few friends and a pool cue too all along the way

But when it comes to you I just can’t leave 

No matter what the circumstantial evidence may be 

I can reroute the river or empty the whole sea

But when it comes to you I just can’t leave 

We’re all just the sum of all the things we’ve done

On a rock spinning through space 

In time around the sun 

And when it comes to you I just can’t leave
No matter what the circumstantial evidence may be 

I can reroute the river or empty the whole sea

But when it comes to you I just can’t leave