"Nearly Meant To Be" lyrics

Met her in a bar
Oh, how I remember that day
Beer was flowing off tap
And I was the drunkest there, I'd say
Pretty little woman who left me high and dry
Who took my ass home because I was in no state to drive

Back at her place
I found a six-string there
She said, "Do you play?"
I said, "Only if you care"
We played all damn night until we found the morning sun
She went off to work and I almost died from all the rum

But if I was a dreamer and a little bit better with words
I wouldn't be running away from that damn girl
And if I weren't a cowboy, then I probably would've stayed
But these roads here look so damn good to me
Nearly meant to be

Met her back at school
I thought that she was great
Every time I talked to her
She had a smile across her face
Dunno why, why she'd ever love me so
But just for being country, I had to let her go

Days rolled into night
And my heart still thought of her
Never gonna forgive myself
For what I did to her
She's nearly married now, I shouldn't have to feel so bad
She's got that same damn smile, the same one I had

But if I was a dreamer and a little bit better with words
I wouldn't be running away from that damn girl
And if I weren't a cowboy, then I probably would've stayed
But these roads here look so damn good to me
Nearly meant to be

I have made mistakes
I'm sure that we all have
One day I'll feel
What those married men have
A white picket fence and some kids left for the loving
A letter to those special girls who made me feel like something

But if I was a dreamer and a little bit better with words
I wouldn't be running away from that damn girl
And if I weren't a cowboy, then I probably would've stayed
But these roads here look so damn good to me
Nearly meant to be