Hardest Key to Stay

Verse 1

The bartender knows my first name

But not the town I'm from

I've been here long enough to owe her

Not long enough to belong

Verse 2

I had a woman in Spokane

Who kept the porch light burning low

She said you love the highway, Danny

More than anything I know

Chorus

And the miles don't add up to nothing

And the songs don't pay what they should

But the highway hums a melody

That a good home never could

Verse 3

There's a piano man in Yakima

Plays Tuesday nights for free

He told me once that leaving's easy

Staying's the hardest key

Chorus

And the miles don't add up to nothing

And the songs don't pay what they should

But the highway hums a melody

That a good home never could

Bridge

Some gotta win and some gotta lose

Some gotta sing the whole thing through

Some gotta sit in an empty room

And wonder who they're singing to

Verse 4

The rain came down on the windshield

The wipers kept their time

I passed a sign that said "come back soon"

I whispered yeah

Maybe sometime

Outro

And the highway hums a melody

That a good home never could

A good home never could