There was a different blue in those pretty blue eyes
Just across the room, yeah, it seemed like miles
Burned out candles in a cold dead plate
I guess my sorry's were a little too late, yeah

It started with a mustang
Burning taillights in the pouring rain
I'm haunted by your sweet face
Looking back like you wanted to stay
I hate that interstate
For paving your get away
And leaving me with this pain
So I blame it on the mustang

We must have passed that car a hundred times
Before I called that number on the for-sale sign
I wish he'd never answered or he'd just changed his mind
And baby you'd still be here
How did that good deal turn into goodbye?

It started with a mustang
Burning taillights in the pouring rain
I'm haunted by your sweet face
Looking back like you wanted to stay
I hate that interstate
For paving your get away
And leaving me with this pain
So I blame it on the mustang

It started with a mustang
Burning taillights in the pouring rain
I'm haunted by your sweet face
Looking back like you wanted to stay
I hate that interstate
For paving your get away
And leaving me with this pain
So I blame it on the mustang, ooh yeah
I blame it on the mustang

We must have passed that car a hundred times
Before I called that number on the for-sale sign