The Note

I was singing down at Tootsie's She was sitting at the bar

Mixin' tears with a little whiskey Tryin' to drown a broken heart

When the show was almost over I said, I'm takin' last requests

She walked up with a note wrapped in a dollar And this is what it said

She said, I'm tired of being in someone's second best

And I'm sick of countin' on promises never kept

And I've been thinkin' about burnin' all the bridges to my past

Hey cowboy, have you got a song like that

She was searchin' for some healin' Some old heartbreak song it could bring

I knew just how she was feelin' But I couldn't think of one damn thing

So I told the band I'd do the last one With just my guitar and the note

I ordered up another cold one And I just sang what she wrote

She said, I'm tired of being in someone's second best

And I'm sick of countin' on promises never kept

And I've been thinkin' about burnin' all the bridges to my past

Hey cowboy, have you got a song like that

I looked up and she was gone I never got to thank her for the song

She said, I'm tired of being someone's second best

And I'm sick of countin' on promises never kept

And I've been thinkin' about burnin' all the bridges to my past

Hey cowboy, have you got a song like that

Hey cowboy, have you got a song like that

Well, I do now

Thank you, darling