Bitterness or Sympathy - Ron Pope

The first night I should've left you

Before I shut my eyes

I prayed to God I'd wake up somewhere else

When the mornin' came to find me

You were sleepin' there beside me

I wondered if this nightmare ever ends

The door was left wide open

And the neighbors they were smokin' in the afternoon

To pass away the time

You looked at me so cold and said

“This house is not my home ”

I wish you knew how true that felt most nights

Is it bitterness or sympathy

That keeps you standin' here with me

I'm not sure how much more I can take

'Cause I have sacrificed my peace of mind

To sit here with you wastin' time

And now I think I'd like to walk away

I was standing in Ohio

On the 28th of March

With a guitar and a suitcase in my hands

When the wind it stole my cap

Lord all I could do was laugh

And thank the stars I'm still a drinkin' man

Is it bitterness or sympathy

That keeps you standin' here with me

I'm not sure how much more I can take

'Cause I have sacrificed my peace of mind

To sit here with you wastin' time

And now I think I'd like to walk away

I was walkin' in a graveyard

Where no one that I know rests

Thinkin' maybe I could clear my head

And on the cemetery breeze

I heard a song about belief

Sung with a thunder I can't understand

Is it bitterness or sympathy

That keeps you standin' here with me

I'm not sure how much more I can take

'Cause I have sacrificed my peace of mind

To sit here with you wastin' time

And now I think I'd like to walk away