You don't have to drink tonight

Why don't we just get some sleep?

'Cause I'm tired of cryin' in driveways

As you slur the words you speak

I know growin' up

Has been an evil thing to you

Makes you awful hard to love

From a lover's point of view

And I'll never understand

How you wound up in the shape your in

But I'll always be the fool

Who fell for you in your burnin' skin

I'll be prayin' for you and pinin' for you

And hopin' you get some rest

But from a lover's point of view

It's all been hard to watch at best

'Cause from where I'm standin'

You got a long climb ahead

I'll be there to wipe the vomit

When you cannot lift your head

'Cause a lover doesn't leave

When times like these get dark

I'll be there to watch the sunrise

When we reclaim your heart

And I'll pick you up downtown

When you're grinnin' with a busted lip

'Cause you're not known for backin' down

And those boys are known for talkin' shit

But now's about the time, look

You really got to decide

Are you gonna be a good man to me

Or die the way you're mother died

'Cause from where I'm standin'

You got a long climb ahead

I'll be there to wipe the vomit

When you cannot lift your head

'Cause a lover doesn't leave

When times like these get dark

I'll be there to watch the sunrise

When we reclaim your heart

And you don't have to drink tonight

Why don't we just get some sleep?

'Cause I'm tired of cryin' in driveways

As you slur the words you speak