Almost Us

We were almost us

Met you in the summer at a county fair
Won you a bear, you still got it there
Four years later I was saving up
Had the ring in a sock in my old truck
Then you got the job out in Tennessee
Said "Come with me," but I couldn't leave
Mama's getting older and the farm is here
I let you go, now it's been a year

(Male) I had the ring
(Female) I had the doubt
(Both) One of us was ready
One of us walked out

We were almost us
Almost at the altar, almost trust
Almost a porch and a pickup truck
We were almost us

Almost
(Almost us)
Almost

I got a place by the river in town
Got a new boyfriend, he's nice, he's around
But he doesn't sing in the car like you
He doesn't know the backroads, he doesn't know the view
I think about calling on the anniversary
I think about driving, but it feels like a mercy
Not to go back and to leave it alone
But almost is a heavy stone

(Male) I had the ring
(Female) I had the doubt
(Both) One of us was ready
One of us walked out

We were almost us
Almost at the altar, almost trust
Almost a porch and a pickup truck
We were almost us

(Female) What if I stayed
(Male) What if I came
(Female) What if we tried
(Male) What if we changed
(Both) We'll never know
We were almost

We were almost us
Almost at the altar, almost trust
Almost a porch and a pickup truck
We were almost us

Almost
(Almost us)
Almost