Sober For You

Lyrics

Verse 1
I threw my key in the bowl
Left my clean coat by the door
You came in with your red-eyed grin
Like a flood through the screen-door porch

I had my pills in a tin
Had my steps all measured out
Then you laughed and poured that doubt
Right through every crack I patched

Pre-Chorus
I said I’m done with the slide
I said I’m done with the lie
But you called my name so sweet
And I followed every time

Chorus
I left a sober me for a drunk you
I left a sober me for a drunk you
Now I’m picking glass out my shoes
I left a sober me for a drunk you

Verse 2
Mama asked where I’d gone
When the hens had all gone still
I said I went to the creek
But I was parked on your hill

Your mouth was a hollow drum
Your hands were a borrowed storm
I kept my good self in the trunk
While you taught the night to roar

Pre-Chorus
I heard the church bell ring
Through the split in the screen
But your shadow kept me close
And I let it in my dreams

Chorus
I left a sober me for a drunk you
I left a sober me for a drunk you
Now I’m picking glass out my shoes
I left a sober me for a drunk you

Bridge
There’s a black snake curl in the rye
And I know that kind of road
One bite and you’re not the same
One taste and you’re sold

So I’m dragging dawn by the sleeve
Trying to get my name back right
If I ever climb out this hole
I’ll leave you in the pines tonight

Final Chorus
I left a sober me for a drunk you
I left a sober me for a drunk you
Now I’m picking glass out my shoes
I left a sober me for a drunk you

I’m calling my own name through
I’m calling my own name through
I left a sober me for a drunk you
I left a sober me for a drunk you