Ever since the day I could talk

I cursed at the streetlight in this town

Swore to all my friends I'd be the one to make it out

Find a place to settle down far from here



Don't get above your raising boy

That's what my mama always say

And I never understood what she meant

Until the other day

When I turned to walk away from this town

My head hung down



Cuz there's a certain kind of despair

It hangs heavy in the air

And everywhere I go I'll always smell the Piedmont Pines

And there's a southern sadness that won't let go of this heart of mine



So I spent the next couple years

Burning every bridge I crossed

Yeah I broke my fair share of hearts along the way

I used them up

I walked away and realised

That no matter how far you roam

You never gonna feal at home

I just hope one day that I find what I need

You know what it really means to care



Cuz there's a certain kind of despair

It hangs heavy in the air

And everywhere I go I'll always smell the Piedmont Pines

And there's a southern sadness that won't let go of this heart of mine



And I'd be a liar if I said I was proud

And all the words that I've let out of my mouth

And all these deep dark twisted roads I went down down down

It's where I found



There's a certain kind of despair

It hangs heavy in the air

And everywhere I go I'll always smell the Piedmont Pines

And there's a southern sadness that won't let go of this heart of mine