Released: July 22, 2003
Songwriter: Chris Stapleton Jerry Salley
Producer: Frank Rogers
[Verse 1]
Finally got that promotion I worked hard to get
One that came with a company car
When they gave me the keys they said son you can bet
Keep it up and you'll really go far
[Chorus]
But what good is all that knowing
The best thing that I had going
Is gone
[Verse 2]
My good friends come around to hang out now and then
And they joke, man you've sure got it hard
With this house on the hill and a white picket fence
And the grass sure is green in the yard
[Chorus]
[Verse 3]
Well I squandered my time trying to buy everything
Gave her all that I thought she deserved
Now I know all the things that she wanted were free
And I should have been home holding her
[Chorus]
Finally got that promotion I worked hard to get
One that came with a company car
When they gave me the keys they said son you can bet
Keep it up and you'll really go far
[Chorus]
But what good is all that knowing
The best thing that I had going
Is gone
[Verse 2]
My good friends come around to hang out now and then
And they joke, man you've sure got it hard
With this house on the hill and a white picket fence
And the grass sure is green in the yard
[Chorus]
[Verse 3]
Well I squandered my time trying to buy everything
Gave her all that I thought she deserved
Now I know all the things that she wanted were free
And I should have been home holding her
[Chorus]
From the album
- Mud on the Tires (2003)