i couldn t out drink anyone for nothing but i d act like it til i puked or passed out oh most nights i could get away with something these days i don t seem to stand so proud she asked me why can t i just stop drinking come on babe we both know it s too late oh for either one of us to still be thinking that i could live my life some other way i woke up in new orleans angry at the world and all alone i want you to know darling i love you and i want to come back home it was less than graceful ladies i ve said we ll see i ve drank with scoundrels tramps and god damn fools oh but i don t think they much care if it kills me living life the mans just passing through the last few years were stitched with floss and pipe dreams a quilt of poor intentions raveled out oh but it was you who took me in and saved me it seems i ve paid you back with slack and broken vows and i woke up in new orleans angry at the world and all alone i want you to know darling i love you and i want to come back home i know it should have been easy its too late to change the path i chose this might not count for nothing just want you to know i woke up in new orleans angry at the world and all alone i want you to know darling i love you and i want to come back home i love you and i want to come back home