Lyrics

The Right Thing
Copyright 2003 Stanley Recordings and Courtney Fairchild
Published by Triple Carpet Publishing (ASCAP)

Walk with me I said
You said you?d always stand beside me
But you left a week ago
And I made the drive alone
Three days across the desert

And you weren?t there
When I cried in my empty car
You weren?t asleep
In my hotel bed in Phoenix
You weren?t there
Just west of Indio
When I called to say I missed you
And would you please come next month

Was I just your excuse
You path to freedom
Did you do the right thing
And leave him
By doing the wrong thing with me
And tell me sometime
Why you?re trying now to lose me
When you used to say I was everything
And only you can justify and punish
Unspeakable sins
But you?re losing your only ally
To your own martyrdom

Behind every sad expression
Are endless stories
And I hate to tell you
Ours is no different
But I?ll leave so you can heal now
Turn your back and run on home
Where it hurts, but at least it?s comfortable

And I?m not there
To hear the sounds of your new paintings
I?m not there
In your bed anymore
I?m not there
Just like you asked for
So, when you call to say you miss me
I don?t think you?re sincere

And my fingers through your hair is what I cannot forget
And my fingers through your hair is what I cannot forgive

Was I just your excuse
You path to freedom
Did you do the right thing
And leave him
By doing the wrong thing with me
And tell me sometime
Why you?re trying now to lose me
When you used to say I was everything
And only you can justify and punish
Unspeakable sins
But you?re losing your only ally
To your own martyrdom

Walk with me I said
You said you?d always stand beside me
But you turn your back to run
And this sums up every moment since
You forgot our love

Walk with me I said
You said you?d always stand beside me