Flashbacks

I thought that mom and dad were supposed to last forever

Like they promised at the altar in Alabama

They were young, in love, and didn’t know any better

Yeah they planned to started a family there together

Things they changed when you walked away

You left me wondering if you ever cared

I wish you stayed but I’ll be okay

Cause I learned from you that life’s not always fair

I’ve been getting flashbacks

Of hearing you fight behind the door

Know you’ll never call back

I don’t even miss you anymore

Cause I’ve been doing fine

Without you in my life

I’ve been getting flashbacks

I’ve been getting flashbacks

Driving down the highway to the school yard

And you’d tell me stories ‘bout when you were young

You used to be my hero, then you put up your guard

I used to be so proud to be your son

Things they change when you walked away

It’s funny how the table’s gone and turned

From 4 to 3 - when we go out to eat

And momma’s sitting by herself again

I’ve been getting flashbacks

Of hearing you fight behind the door

Know you’ll never call back

I don’t even miss you anymore

Cause I’ve been doing fine

Without you in my life

I’ve been getting flashbacks

I’ve been getting flashbacks

Now I know

How not to treat the loved ones I outgrow

Take me home

Before we got caught in the undertow

I’ve been getting flashbacks

Of hearing you fight behind the door

Know you’ll never call back

I don’t even miss you anymore

Cause I’ve been doing fine

Without you in my life

I’ve been getting flashbacks

I’ve been getting flashbacks

(Driving down the highway to the school yard

And you’d tell me stories ‘bout when you were young

You used to be my hero, then you put up your guard

I used to be so proud to be your son)