He said he had to stop He hadn't had a drop Of anything Stonger than coffee In 10 months 3 weeks and 1 long day He pushed away his plate Said it's better late Then never done When it comes To getting right It took a while but I saw the light He said somethings they cast long shadows That I never will out run And everyday I spend a-living The ghost of all the things that I've done Wrong Grab a chair cause the list is long I can write you a country song About the reasons I'll be going home To a house full of memories Things I wish I done differently When I'm feeling weak the keep me strong The ghost of all the things that I've done wrong He said there's a spot of paint And it just ain't The right shade But it covers up the hole I made Where I broke my wrist the night she left And there's a lot of friends That I ain't never seen in a lot of years Some are still hanging around In old pictures I can't take down He said some things they cast long shaddows That I never will out run And everyday I do battle With the ghost of all the things that I've done Wrong Grab a chair cause the list is long I can write you a country song About the reasons I'll be going home To a house full of memories Things I wish I done differently And when I'm feeling weak the keep me strong The ghost of all the things that I've done wrong I got a heart full of memories Things I wish I done differently And when I'm feeling weak they keep me strong The ghost of all the things I've done wrong He said he had to stop He hadn't had a drop Of anything Stonger than coffee In 10 months 3 weeks and 1 long day