To Make a Long Heartache Short

Writers: Eric Marshall, Carson Peters & Jerry Salley

Chorus
To make a long heartache short
She left me here alone and I’m still crying
I’ve never been this blue before
If I said I’m getting’ better I’d be lying
If I could just admit she’s gone
Maybe I’d start moving on
To make a long heartache short

Verse 1
I took off in the pourin’ rain and started driving
I thought a trip out west might help a poor heart heal
But when I ran out of road in California
The pain of missing her was just as real

Verse 2
Guess there’s something bout a Blue Ridge Mountain memory
That can make a lonely mess out of a man
When every stretch of highway’s one more mile of misery
It hurts to know you’re doing all you can


Verse 3
For years I’ve thought she’d come back home and say she’s sorry
And here I am still waiting on that day
They say only fools won’t let go of the hurtin’
Even when they know that it’s the only way