Intro:
Sitting up on the roof
Sneaking a smoke by the chimney
Checking out the moon and the city lights
He takes off his flannel shirt and he
drapes it around her shoulder
slides up behind her and holds on tight
and she says I don't want this night to end
why does it have to end?
Chorus:
Tomorrow she'll be rolling down I-ten baton rouge LSU
Eighteen years in her rearview
He's got a friday paycheck line up down the block at daddy's shop
it ain't much but its a job
they've been dreading this moment all summer long
the night before life goes on
ooo
a tear falls off her cheek and
Right when it hits his arm he says
Come on baby let's get out of here
They take one last drive around town and
man it already looks different
He bangs the wheel and says life ain't fair
and this growing up stuff man i don't know
i just don't wanna let you go
(CHORUS)
Yeah that's what my momma told me
and just like those kids i didn't want to listen to no one
Yeah there's nothing you can do, nothing you can say and
(one strum)
i know how it feels when love goes away
Tomorrow she'll be rolling down I-ten baton rouge LSU
Eighteen years in her rearview
He's got a friday paycheck line up down the block at daddy's shop
it ain't much but its a job
they've been dreading this moment all summer loooong
But here it is they don't have long
the night before life goes ooooon
yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah