[Verse1]

Blame this messed-up knee on a cross-county team

In the Friday night lights

Blame the scar on my chin for gettin' mixed up in

That "you don't mess with my best friend" fight

And the "yes, sir," "yes, ma'am," never quit, give a damn

Was handed down from my old man

Blame it all on my mama for my tendency to wanna

Bow my head and say "amen"

[Chorus]

But when it comes to holdin' on to a long-gone lonely

At last call, wanna call her up

And that missin' side of me takes a Whitley side B

Drops a needle on it, back to front

And the pissed-off part of me is hangin' on a memory

Of me walkin' out on what ain't ever comin' back

Yeah, you can thank me for that

You can thank me for that

[Verse 2]

Wish I could point a little blame

But there ain't one thing that she did wrong

Just one lie about some other guy

Would put some move in my movin' on

And all I can pin on that girl is she took my world

And made it better with her in it

Now there ain't no other way to spin it

[Chorus]

But when it comes to holdin' on to a long-gone lonely

At last call, wanna call her up

And that missin' side of me takes a Whitley side B

Drops a needle on it, back to front

And the pissed-off part of me is hangin' on a memory

Of me walkin' out on what ain't ever comin' back

Yeah, you can thank me for that

[Bridge]

You can thank me for the messed-up head

And the part that won't let me stop missin' her

When I go to point a finger, I just aim it at the man in the mirror

Yeah

[Chorus]

But when it comes to holdin' on to a long-gone lonely

At last call, wanna call her up

And that missin' side of me takes a Whitley side B

Drops a needle on it, back to front

And the pissed-off part of me is hangin' on a memory

Of me walkin' out on what ain't ever comin' back

Yeah, you can thank me for that

You can thank me for that

[Outro]

Oh, you can thank me for that