I went walking through the coals
The fire line between our souls
Got myself burned
And now I can't stand to stand still
Goin' back to Jacksonville

We made a bed and then we lay their for a year
Then you shared it with some lucky volunteer
Hole in my heart that time may fill
But I've got no more love to spill
Goin' back to Jacksonville

You hid your closet full of bones
Inside your room of telephones
Someday you'll clean that room,
Those skeletons you'll kill
But I'll be back in Jacksonville

We made a bed and then we lay there for a year
Then you shared it with that lucky volunteer
I tried but I just can't climb this hill
Can't down this bitter pill
Goin' back to Jacksonville

Cuttin' my losses
Where I-10 crisscrosses 95
Go home, relive a few good times
Find me a gig and sing my rhymes

Flyin' south, escape this chill
I'll be a lonesome man until
I get back to Jacksonville