Song Book I · 05

No One Left to Blame

A man at the end of the road, inventorying every person he pushed away.

Verse 1

Ain’t got no one left to lie to And no one left to call The phone stopped ringin’ years ago Now I don’t hear nothin’ at all The mirror shows a stranger With a thousand lines of shame And in this borrowed time I’m livin’ There’s no one left to blame

Verse 2

I walked out on my children Like a ghost behind the wheel I drank through every promise And I forgot how to feel The women tried to love me But I left 'em just the same Now they don’t even curse my name There’s no one left to blame

Chorus

And the road winds down But I ain’t lookin’ back The weight I carry now Ain’t the kind you pack Just a suitcase full of silence And a soul too tired to change I’ve wasted all my chances There’s no one left to blame

Verse 3

My friends, they used to stand by Now they cross the street instead The stories they remember Are best left unsaid I didn’t lose them to the bottle I pushed them all away Now I’m dyin’ by myself With not a single debt paid

Bridge

The clock is movin’ quicker now I feel it in my bones Funny how the end can bring A sharper kind of alone I’ll be gone by Monday morning And no one will have to cry The only peace I’m findin’ Is no one else must say goodbye

Chorus

And the road winds down Like a song without a name I built this house of sorrow And then I fed the flame Now the only thing worth leavin’ Is the end of all this pain I’ll disappear in silence… With no one left to blame

Outro

No one left to blame... No one left to blame...