Weddings, Funerals, and Empty Hotel Bars

Do you mind if I sit down?

Am I keeping you from closing?

I need a double shot of something

Yeah, just leave it open

Me, I'm from here

But I ain't been back lately

Not since my sister Jamie

Had her baby in the fall

Me and my friends

Used to come here in the '90s

Stupid kids with fake IDs

Rebels without a cause

Ain't it funny

They're still lining up on Elm Street

Sometimes I miss those old dreams

So cheers to what could've been

But I know better than to drag up memories

What's meant to be is meant to be

Like eighteen and leaving in a beat-up car

And time has a way of making hometowns disappear

Feels like I only show up here

For holidays and acts of God

Weddings, funerals, and empty hotel bars

Did you ever have somebody

That burned you up completely?

Be glad, believe me

That's why I'm drinking now

Yeah, I saw him

Standing with our old friends

And the girl I maybe could've been

If I'd stuck around

But I know better than to drag up memories

What's meant to be is meant to be

But try to tell that to a heart

And time has a way of making hometowns disappear

Feels like I only show up here

For holidays and acts of God

Weddings, funerals, and empty hotel bars

Guess I'll call it a night

'Cause I've got an early morning

If you're feeling lonely

I'm in room 128

I could use somebody

That ain't his body

I know I'm probably

Just putting off the pain

But I know better than to drag up memories

What's meant to be is meant to be

Tomorrow, I'll pack up my car

And all those regrets

They'll be in my rearview mirror

And I'll see the bigger picture

But tonight's the hardest part

Of weddings, funerals, and empty hotel bars

Weddings, funerals, and empty hotel bars