Third Time: lyrics
- I saw your truck parked out at the diner
- Two spaces over from the Austin line
- You left your heavy jacket in the hallway
- Beside the boots I told you not to leave behind
- I didn’t call to ask you for an answer
- I didn’t check to see if you were home
- I took that spare key off my heavy keyring
- And left it on the porch all on its own
- This is the third time I said it
- This is the third time I swore
- I’d be the one to keep my word
- And walk right out the door
- The first time was a warning
- The second was a lie
- But this is the third time
- The first time I mean goodbye
- You bought those yellow roses from the station
- The kind that wilt before the sun goes down
- You thought a little plastic wrap and water
- Would keep me from just heading out of town
- But I already packed the heavy boxes
- And loaded up the stuff you never used
- I’m halfway through a tank of gas to Dallas
- With nothing left for you to go and bruise
- This is the third time I said it
- This is the third time I swore
- I’d be the one to keep my word
- And walk right out the door
- The first time was a warning
- The second was a lie
- But this is the third time
- The first time I mean goodbye
- I used to think that three was just a number
- A little bit of luck to keep the flame
- But three is just the count of all the chances
- That I’m not gonna let you take again
- This is the third time I said it
- This is the third time I swore
- I’d be the one to keep my word
- And walk right out the door
- The first time was a warning
- The second was a lie
- But this is the third time
- The first time I mean goodbye