{"id":672,"date":"2021-05-23T11:38:15","date_gmt":"2021-05-23T09:38:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thegincident.com\/?page_id=672"},"modified":"2021-05-23T12:25:31","modified_gmt":"2021-05-23T10:25:31","slug":"shoulda-left-this-town","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/thegincident.com\/index.php\/lyrics\/shoulda-left-this-town\/","title":{"rendered":"Shoulda Left This Town"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Listen to the song:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/track\/0LcZgdOrdH4rDizbiLv8sI?si=7a3754840fa54672\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Spotify<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/distrokid.com\/hyperfollow\/thegincident\/porkchops-and-teardrops-the-gincident-live-in-berlin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Other streaming platforms<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reverbnation.com\/LawnchairRodeo\/song\/12837180-shoulda-left-this-town\">Lawnchair Rodeo Version<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Courtyard motel open all night<br \/>\nCurtains can&#8217;t hide the morning light<br \/>\nMy clothes in a pile on the floor<br \/>\nThe key still in the open door<br \/>\nI step out into the parking lot<br \/>\nTryin&#8217; to remember how I got to this spot<\/p>\n<p>I shoulda checked out before I checked in<br \/>\nWalked outta that bar before I knew I&#8217;d been<br \/>\nShould be halfway down the road<br \/>\nShoulda left this town a long time ago<\/p>\n<p>A honky tonk, a roadhouse bar<br \/>\nA two-foot dent in the side of my car<br \/>\nA fifth of whiskey, a pint of gin<br \/>\nMight have something to do with the shape I&#8217;m in<br \/>\nGravel and glass crackle underfoot<br \/>\nI can&#8217;t move forward, but I can&#8217;t stay put<\/p>\n<p>I shoulda checked out before I checked in<br \/>\nWalked outta that bar before I knew I&#8217;d been<br \/>\nShould be halfway down the road<br \/>\nShoulda left this town a long time ago<\/p>\n<p>She was a warm place in a cold wind<br \/>\nBut she burned right through to my skin<br \/>\nAin&#8217;t nothin&#8217; burns like the flame of love<br \/>\nBurned even hotter when she called my bluff<\/p>\n<p>I shoulda checked out before I checked in<br \/>\nWalked outta that bar before I knew I&#8217;d been<br \/>\nShould be halfway down the road<br \/>\nShoulda left this town a long time ago<\/p>\n<p>Under the glare of a noonday sun<br \/>\nTurn the key, gettin&#8217; ready to run<br \/>\nThe steering wheel&#8217;s too hot to touch<br \/>\nBut if you hold it right it don&#8217;t hurt too much<br \/>\nI&#8217;ll hold it tight, I ain&#8217;t been beat<br \/>\nMighta lost my pride, but I still got my feet<\/p>\n<p>I shoulda checked out before I checked in<br \/>\nWalked outta that bar before I knew I&#8217;d been<br \/>\nShould be halfway down the road<br \/>\nShoulda left this town<br \/>\nShould be halfway down the road<br \/>\nShoulda left this town a long time ago<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Listen to the song: Spotify Other streaming platforms Lawnchair Rodeo Version Courtyard motel open all night Curtains can&#8217;t hide the morning light My clothes in a pile on the floor The key still in the open door I step out into the parking lot Tryin&#8217; to remember how I got to this spot I shoulda [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":462,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-672","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","post"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegincident.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/672","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegincident.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegincident.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegincident.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegincident.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=672"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/thegincident.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/672\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":697,"href":"https:\/\/thegincident.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/672\/revisions\/697"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegincident.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/462"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegincident.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=672"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}