Checked out Early - Blair Crimmins and the Hookers

I woke up staring at a dead man’s toe

Took off the tag to pack my bags and go

I wrote you a note, nailed it to the front door

Southbound now and I don’t live here no more

The broken mirror’s in your bathroom drawer

When the devil comes out

You wondering where I’m at

Say I checked out early and I ain’t coming back

No, I ain’t coming back

There gold horn blowing from the center of town

Tried to walk with my shoe soles melt to the ground

I looked to the sun, never shined on me

Dark clouds hanging and they just won’t leave

I get the feeling every time I breath

Like I’m sucking in soot 'til my lungs turn black

And I checked out early and I ain’t coming back

No, I ain’t coming back

Got my thumbs river side hitching a ride

Picked up an oil tanker nine miles high

I went to the top to give him my last dime

Stood up on the deck and watched the wake from behind

Looked like a tidal wave of mud and grime

And who would’ve though that I would get the last laugh

When I checked out early and I ain’t coming back

No, I ain’t coming back