This is one of my favorite tunes by Jack Ingram. The funny thing is, it doesn’t apply to me. Never has. For some reason it’s popped up on my MP3 player three times today (and it’s on random, honest!) You have to listen to it, but here are the lyrics.

It’s a love song. Wanna dance?

You’d think that I had the guts to leave you
a man like me can’t stand to sit around
when I met you I swore that you were freedom
but the strings you’ve tied they’ve chained me to the ground

But I can’t leave you, even though I want to
something about you makes me stay
No, I can’t leave you, believe me I’ve tried to
so I wake up just hating every day

Well, I promised you I’d write you a love song
It’ll be something to bring teardrops to your eyes
so far I’m the only one that’s crying
writing about this crazy love that died

I can’t leave you, even though I want to
something about you makes me stay
No, I can’t leave you, believe me I tried to
so I wake up just hating every day

Yeah, I promised you I’d write you a love song
It’d be something that brings teardrops to your eyes
so far I’m the only one that’s crying
writing about this crazy love that died

I can’t leave you even though I want to
there’s just something about you sweetheart, makes me stay
No, I can’t leave you, believe me I tried to
so I wake up just hating every. single. day.

…that I stay here of my own will
cuz I figure darlin’, that’s what real men do
yeah to grin and bear it, don’t ever share it
They just play guitar and mow the yard and have a drink.