"Baylee" lyrics

Johnny was a football star
And he went out and wrote off his car
With his girlfriend in the driveway
Baylee's mum didn't trust that boy
'Cause he was born in Illinois
"Them northern boys they drive me crazy"
Johnny was gonna be a mountaineer
And move away far from here
Wanted to play for Indianapolis
Johnny told her years before
If he ever met heavens door
Remember what I told you

Baylee don't you cry for me
You'll find better love you'll see
Save those tears for someone else
The days will fly on by
And you'll forget about me in time
I hope that life treats you well
Don't you cry for me
Baylee

Elroy was a hell-bent cowboy
Soldier who never got a deploy
Hung up bad in the bareback
Baylee was in the nosebleed stands
Watching medic's trembling hands
As they started on CPR
She ran down and held him close
Like the first time she overdosed
Trying to get the hang ups off her mind
As the white blanket seemed to stay
"Sorry ma'am, he's passed away"
She remembers those crying times

Baylee don't you cry for me
You'll find better love you'll see
Save those tears for someone else
The days will fly on by
And you'll forget about me in time
I hope that life treats you well
Don't you cry for me
Baylee

She take another swig at 64
Like she did 20 years before
After the last one left her broken
And they say life's a gift you swear
But she's lost more than the country fair
She learnt that love just ain't her life
So to her two kids she said
Lying on her double wide trailer deathbed
"Hope you never have to live these words"

Baylee don't you cry for me
You'll find better love you'll see
Save those tears for someone else
The days will fly on by
And you'll forget about me in time
I hope that life treats you well
Don't you cry for me
Baylee