I Always Wanted To

Outside there’s a rusty pickup

Underneath a shed

Mockingbird’s nest in the tailpipe

Empty feed sack in the bed

They took away my keys

Sayin’ I’m too old to drive

It’s like they’re tryin’ to bury me

While I’m still alive

I always wanted a son

I always wanted a woodshed

I always wanted to ride on an open range

And learn how to fly a plane, but I guess

Even pictures we never take

Memories we’ll never make still fade

I never did all I wanted to do

But I always wanted to

They talk like I can’t hear ’em

When they have to change my sheets

They’re getting tired and angry

‘Cause I won’t accept defeat

Uncle Frank lived to be a hundred

Hell, I’m only ninety five

I ain’t raising no white flag

While I’m still alive

I always wanted a son

I always wanted a woodshed

I always wanted to ride on an open range

And learn how to fly a plane, but I guess

Even pictures we never take

Memories we’ll never make still fade

I never did all I wanted to do

But I always wanted to

My Marie showed up this morning

Floatin’ right above that chair

She smiled the sweetest smile at me

As she hovered in the air

When that fever stole her from me

I was twenty seven, she was just twenty five

I never dreamed I’d see my angel again

While I’m still alive

I always wanted a son

I always wanted a woodshed

I always wanted to ride on an open range

And learn how to fly a plane, but I guess

Even pictures we never take

Memories we’ll never make still fade

I never did all I wanted to do

But I always wanted to

I never did all I wanted to do

But I always wanted to