I Shoulda Kept Tryin'

In my grandpa's old Ford LTD

When you slid over next to me

I knew my runnin' round days were done

And that I just had found the one

Couldn't dream it up any other way

As we rolled up and down the strip

Like a couple of small town castaways

Deserted by different ships

Didn't realize what I had at the time

Sitting right there in front of my own two eyes

We were living in the moment

The dusty road unwinding

You deserve more than I could ever give

I shoulda kept trying

Oh I shoulda kept trying

Where the highway ends we'd turn around

Ain't but two red lights in this town

We'd maybe pass some friends along the way

Pull over and see what they had to say

And pick it back up the next weekend

By doing the same all over again

Just taking turns behind the wheel

No doubt what we had was real

Didn't realize what I had at the time

Sitting right there in front of my own two eyes

We were living in the moment

The dusty road unwinding

You deserve more than I could ever give

I shoulda kept trying

'Cause sometimes I still wonder

What else I could have done

When I think of you beside me

Watching the fading sun

Didn't realize what I had at the time

Sitting right there in front of my own two eyes

We were living in the moment

The dusty road unwinding

You deserve more than I could ever give

But there's no going back again

And when those memories come fading in

There's no denying

I shoulda kept trying

Oh I shoulda kept trying