Quit While I’m Ahead - Intellectual

[Verse 1]

Well I won't lie and say I didn't think the good ones all were taken

Since there ain't no peaches fallin' from the tree that I've been shakin'

And it's solitary sleepin' in this bed that I've been makin'

Well maybe I should quit while I'm ahead

Well my intent was being handed, I never laid a hand

And the kindness of my gestures were a good far cry from grand

They were awful well intended, they were all that I could stand

Ah maybe I should quit while I'm ahead

And now darlin' if I called you, could you love me like a kid

Could you love me like you loved me way back when you really did

Well darlin' if I called you could you just pick up the phone

Lord, I've been dancin' with damnation and I'm drinkin' all alone

And I am busted, broken, bent and beaten 'bout halfway to dead

Well maybe I should quit while I'm ahead, oh Lord

Maybe I should quit while I'm ahead

Well West Texas in the mornin', little darlin' are you down

Well the color of the country is your sweet-eyed shade of brown

And if I told you how I felt, well you'd say "boy get out of town"

Well maybe I should quit while I'm ahead

Now darlin if I called you, could you love me like a kid

Could you love me like you loved me way back when you really did?

Well darlin if I called you would you even talk to me

When I am lit up like a star atop your favorite Christmas tree

And I am busted, broken, bent and beaten 'bout halfway to dead

Ah maybe I should quit while I'm ahead, oh Lord

Maybe I should quit while I'm ahead

Now darlin if I called you, could you love me like a kid

Could you love me like you loved me way back when you really did?

Well darlin if I called you could you just pick up the phone

Lord, I've been dancing with damnation and I'm drinking all alone

And I am busted, broken, bent and beaten 'bout halfway to dead

Well maybe I should quit while I'm ahead, oh Lord

Maybe I should quit while I'm ahead