Jeffrey Foucault - Left This Town lyrics

I left this town With the throttle open wide The heater was blowing But nothing inside Could ember the darkness Or swallow my pride When I left this town I was running I left this town With the milk and the fire A rattling hollow Itinerant choir That cut me and called me And held me entire When I left this town I was gunning You couldn't understand What I wanted No one could hold my hand And make it alright Born into the land of the dead I was haunted But I could hear the ghosts Singing on the other side I left this town With the blood and the wine A rooster was crowing My mama was crying For everything born There's another one dying When I left this town I was done in You couldn't say my name You didn't know it You thought it was just a game I was gambling my life You said you felt the same I said why don't you show it And I left you standing in the dust By the highway side