Girl That Got Away

[Verse 1]

You ever heard that crash of a ten pound bass?

Split back muddy water on a sundown cast

As he kisses the sky, spits that hook

Like he hopped off the page of a Hemingway book

You ever felt that rush in the headlight shine?

On a dirt road drag strip Friday night

See a checkered flag turn to junkyard parts

Tasted the dust of a faster car



[Chorus]

Well if you know that feelin'

If you've felt that sting

Well then you know that girl

That girl that got away



[Verse 2]

You ever seen a pawn shop D-18?

Hangin' there in the window wearin' them rusty old strings

You pinched every penny cuttin' other people's grass

Too little too late when you came back with cash

Just an empty space where that old guitar sat



[Chorus]

Well if you know that feelin'

If you've felt that sting

Well then you know that girl

That girl that got away



[Verse 3]

You ever had that best you ever had

Pack up her love, and never look back?

You're hangin' on to pride and words you didn't say

'Cause you're too damn stubborn to get in her way

She's movin' on, and you're watchin' her taillights fade



[Chorus]

Well if you know that feelin'

If you've felt that pain

Well then you know that girl

That girl that got away



[Outro]

And I know that feelin'

And I've felt that sting

'Cause I know that girl

That girl that got away