It’s a cold winter’s day, the sky’s full of crows, they’re filling the trees on their way back home
wish I was…that wild and free
‘cause my life’s started feeling like a broken-down truck, that I drove into a ditch where it just got stuck
and nobody’s come looking for me
no, nobody’s come looking for me

there’s nights when I sit up until the dawn, just trying to figure out where it all went wrong
I guess it was the day I walked out on you
I don’t know what the hell I was thinking, we were just too young, maybe I was drinking
but twenty years later that’s a day I still rue
twenty years later that’s a day I still rue

we were childhood sweethearts, everybody thought we’d tie the knot
but I guess I was looking to be somebody I’m still not
if you’d asked me then I’d have said I just want to be free
but I’ve seen too late that can only be if you’re with me

the other day momma give me a call, said she saw you down at the shopping mall
you had your two little girls walking by your side
she said you said you were good, you were doing fine, you hadn’t thought of me in a long long time
and you hoped I’d finally found some peace of mind
you hoped I’d finally found some peace of mind

I’ve got a thousand years of heartache sitting here in my heart
for all the things I left behind, the life I didn’t start
I should have known better but it took me years to see
when you walk away all you keep is the memory

I’ve done some things for which I ain’t too proud, I could say I’m sorry, but who’s listening now?
you’re the only one who ever had time for me
if you were standing here I’d say I miss, everything about you from the way you kiss
to the way you made a better man out of me
the way you made a better man out of me

I’ve got a thousand years of heartache sitting here in my heart
for all the things I left behind, the life I didn’t start
I should have known better but it took me years to see
when you walk away all you keep is the memory

It’s a cold winter’s day, the sky’s full of crows, they’re filling the trees on their way back home
wish I was…that wild and free
wish I was…that wild and free