i didn't come this far (just to walk away)

i made five hundred miles in six hours flat trying to make up for lost time

i been beatin' a path to your mama's door to set things between us right

between the hands of fate and a lot of hard luck

this ain't been no gravy train

and i didn't come this far just to walk away

i slung a rod just east of memphis and that heap of a truck shut down

so for nine cold hours i thumbed my way

straight to the guitar town

and the last twelve miles to your mama's house

i hiked through the pouring rain

and i didn't come this far just to walk away

i could have turned around a thousand times and went back to where i'm from

but i'd go an extra million miles if i could save what's left of us

it was a burning love that drove me here and girl i hope and pray

that i didn't come this far just to walk away

i know that this front door ain't the only thing that stands between you and me

things that i've said

and the wrong that i've done ain't undone easily

but i'm gonna prove my love to you no matter what it takes

'cause i didn't come this far just to walk away

oh i could have turned around a thousand times and went back to where i'm from

but i'd go an extra million miles if i could save what's left of us

oh it was a burning love that drove me here and girl i hope and pray

that i didn't come this far just to walk away

oh

i didn't come this far just to walk away