Clean Getaway

Somebody tell me, somebody try,
where was I going when I said good-bye,
when I said good-bye to her.
I think I said somethin' like
it's time I go, gave her one last kiss,
and that's all I know,
that's all I know for sure.

Now it's in the songs I sing,
it's the price I pay,
there's no such thing
as a clean getaway.

Well roots started growing beneath my feet
coulda been the rain, coulda been the heat.
coulda been the heat of that girl.
I knew I had to leave her, had to leave her bad,
I needed my freedom, it was all I had,
was all I had for sure.

Now it's in the songs I sing,
it's the price I pay,
there's no such thing
as a clean getaway.

Now I'm riding in a taxi, waiting for a train,
sitting by the window on a big jet plane,
can't get her out of my mind.
Well she's long gone now, I saw to that,
and I cuss myself cause she ain't coming back,
she ain't coming back this time.