From the recording Back Road
Lyrics
Overstay My Welcome
Lyrics & Music - Jaimi Faulkner
Picked up my belongings
I left here in the Fall
Bunch of hard back books, some CD’s and a key
You still got that picture
And its hanging on the wall
From the time you took up painting in the spring
I sat down at the table
Where we’d chat and joke and drink
Spark another joint and play guitar
Yeah sometimes it got real heated
You never really valued what I did
Then you’d blow up and make me feel real small
Did i overstay my welcome?
Honey its time I said goodbye
Pushed you to the limits
Honey, was I out of line?
You always felt like home
With that laughter and that smile
Guess you wont be seeing me round here for a while
I ain’t never felt a kinship
As strong as I did
You were someone I could spill my thoughts out to
Later in the evening
When we’d had a few
you’d air the scars that I had laid on you
I guess that age ain’t got no bearing
On how wise we become
I for one was always late to grow
And when I catch my own reflection
I still see that same old kid
Who never learned to own the seeds he’d sown
Did i overstay my welcome?
Honey its time I said goodbye
Pushed you to the limits
Honey, was I out of line?
You always felt like home
With that laughter and that smile
Guess you wont be seeing me round here for a while
If by chance you hear this
And you read between these lines
I hope that you gonna find it in your heart
And I pray that you’ll reach out again
When life have settled down
But if that chance has gone
And I’ve left it too long
Wont you hear me when I tell you I was wrong
I know I overstayed my welcome
Honey its time I said goodbye
Pushed you to the limits
Oh and I was out of line
I overstayed my welcome
Honey its time we said goodbye
Pushed you to the limits
Honey I was out of line
You always felt like home
With that laughter and that smile
Guess you wont be seeing me round here for a while