Sounds Better in the Song - Drive-By Truckers

When I saw her standing there, with her bright eyes and shining hair

She was looking back at me

Some are meant to sing, some are meant to talk

And some aren’t meant to say a thing

But when she opened up her mouth and that sweet voice came out

I lost track of my own name

Now she’s found herself, and I lost mine and I’m just another guy

Who can’t give her anything

Well the drifter, he holds on to his youth just like

It was money in the bank

And «Lord knows, I can’t change» sounds better in the song

Than it does with hell to pay

I might as well have slipped that ring on her finger from a window of a van

As it drove away

'Cause now she’s found herself, and I lost mine and I’m just another guy

Who can’t give her anything

Well, dreams are given to you when you’re young enough to dream them

Before they can do you any harm

They don’t start to hurt, until you try to hold on to them

After seeing what they really are

She used to dream 'em with me, every single crazy one

Until they started hurting her too, now she’s got some of her own

And outgrowing me might be the best thing for her

She’s ever done

A light that’s meant to shine as bright as hers can’t be kept

In the shadows for too long

A heart that wants to live and a soul that wants to give

Can’t just sit at home alone

Lord, she’s give me everything and never wanted anything I couldn’t give

Just what was inside of me

And now she’s found herself, and I lost mine and I’m just another guy

Who can’t give her anything

Now she’s found herself, and I lost mine and I’m just another guy

Who can’t give her anything