On a bus from California
City lights behind her
A country girl is going home
She’s been aching for her freedom
Finally doesn’t need him
Took a while but now she’s gone
It’d be a lie to say she’s fine
But she knows she will in time
‘Cause he didn’t love her
Like he should’ve loved her
He didn’t care about her dreams
He didn’t hold her
He just carelessly broke her
When she needed someone to believe
In a bar around the corner
From the bus stop where he dropped her
A city boy is drinking beer
He’s been throwin’ back the whiskey
Wonderin’ “does she miss me?”
And how he could’ve kept her here
Right now he doesn’t know the why
But one day he will in time
‘Cause he didn’t love her
Like he should’ve loved her
He didn’t care about her dreams
He didn’t hold her
He just carelessly broke her
When she needed someone to believe
So while he’s stopping in his tracks
She’s moving forward, not looking back
‘Cause he didn’t love her
Like he should’ve loved her
He didn’t care about her dreams
He didn’t hold her
He just carelessly broke her
When she needed someone to believe
On a bus from California
City Lights behind her
A country girl is going home