Song Description

I need this song to remind me of the mistakes I've made in life. I need it like I need the girl I loved and lost. I can't change anything now except the way I look back at my life and the way I sing this song.

Lyrics

I Need This Song

Maybe you don't need unhappy songs.
But for some of us, they are therapy,
So indulge me on this one.
I broke her heart, I've got regrets.
Sometimes when I look back,
My life's an empty pack of cigarettes.

So here's a song about the roads I should have taken,
The choices that seemed right but turned out wrong.
I did things you wouldn't do,
But this song ain't for you, this one's for me--

I need this song, to keep me straight,
To remind me years of dope and whiskey
Will make a woman walk away.
It's the devil's deal, it's the road to hell.
And if that sounds a little preachy,
I'm just preaching to myself.

So here's a song about the roads I should have taken,
All the choices that seemed right but turned out wrong.
I did things you wouldn't do,
But this song ain't for you, this one's for me--

I need this song, like I need to touch her face,
To smell her hair, to share her laugh.
Like I need a time machine that'll carry me
To the days when all I had

Was the road ahead and the girl I loved.
And now this song could be the soundtrack
For the day when she gave up.
And when I play it back, I wanna cry out loud.
There ain't nothing I can change,
Except the way I sing it now.

So here's a song about the roads I should have taken,
All the choices that seemed right but turned out wrong.
I did things you'd never do,
But this song ain't for you, this one's for me--

I need this song, this one's for me,
I need this song, I need this song.