met her halfway to birmingham leaving middle tennessee made a speech to say inside my head swore that i d say everything i ve been giving you my life and i m always on time four years are enough to decide whether i m you re kind and i ve been thinkin bout the country thinking bout you and me i ve been thinking where i do belong and why you belong with me in frustration she had bowed her head and i could hardly breathe reminisced on the times we had but said that she would have to leave it s hard hard to walk away from you but we don t live at the same speed you re gonna make somebody happy but that someone ain t me cause when you re thinking bout the country you re just trying to be with me seasons change the way that we are and spring changed me met her halfway to birmingham leaving middle tennessee made a speech to say inside my head swore that i d say anything to keep you here