I can hear that highway calling

As I watch the sunrise crawling across her shoulder

This is usually goodbye

And yet those words I just can't find here as I hold her



She's like no other woman

That I have known before

And it ain't me to see the morning sun

From this side of the door



Chorus:



WHY AIN'T I RUNNING, WHY AIN'T I GONE

HOW DOES SHE HOLD ME WITHOUT HOLDING ON

IN LOVE OR A FIGHT SHE'S STRONGER THAN STRONG

SOMETHING'S NOT RIGHT IF THERE AIN'T NOTHING WRONG

IT'S GOT ME WONDERING, WHY AIN'T I RUNNING

WHY AIN'T I GONE



All those words I left behind me

Praying they would never find me and my freedom

But if they stood right here beside me

They would never recognize me for all that she's done



Once happiness was only

Whenever I was on my own

So now why do I feel lonely

Any time that I'm alone



Repeat Chorus



No, they've never built a wall that high

Or made a chain that strong

And God ain't never made a place

I felt like I belong



Repeat Chorus