Story Behind The Song

I heard some guys on a morning radio show poking fun at country music titles. He made up one title, "Out of Gas in Lubbock". I thought, that evokes a great image, so I wrote the song

Song Description

After one of many arguments with his woman a guy foolishly shows her he ain't putting up with it by walking out with little money and no plan. She is done. He evidently has a history as he receives no pity or assistance from anyone else. Finally, he is br

Lyrics

I left Abilene this morning
If I thought it would hurt her I said it
She said if you leave don't crawl back here to me
Who knew this time she meant it?
So with my pride and ten bucks in my pocket
I slammed the door, behind me she locked it
Now I'm out of gas in Lubbock, out of chances in Abilene

Out of gas in Lubbock, It don't matter, I've no where to go
I got here on fumes and Hank Williams tunes
with my, stubborn pride in tow
Now it's a hundred and one out here in the sun
and in my rear view mirror I've seen, that I'm
out of gas in Lubbock, out of chances in Abilene

I called up my dad in Dallas
He said he wouldn't loan me a dime
"You've got to mend you're own fences, time to pay the consequences,
you've done this to many times"
And that truck stop waitress wasn't impressed
with my charm or my sad stories I guess
So I'm, out of gas in Lubbock, out of chances in Abilene

Chorus

Well I hope that she learned her lesson,
the way I walked right out and left her everything that I own.
And I bet she knows I ain't messin' around
stranded here at the side of the road
Now it's a hundred and one out here in the sun
and in my rear view mirror I've seen, that I'm,
out of gas in Lubbock, out of chances in Abilene

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