left behind

I knew a girl now, she was, long and tall
 Slept in the kitchen with her feet out in the hall
 And she never did too much talkin', always thought that was my fault
 Lookin' back tht must have been just somethin' crazy I was taught...
 Well I ain't spoken to her here in, quite some time
 And the years just pass on by like that scenery outside
 But'll, I can't buy back them, things I left behind
 I knew a man know, he taught me a few songs
 In the porchlight he would sing and then he would nod off
 And'll I still sing them songs now, that I was taught
 And it creeps just like some criminal now back into my thoughts...
 He use to write me letters know, when he was feelin' clean
 Till he slipped into a darkness, never to be retrieved
 Well know, I can't buy back them, things I left behind
 No now I can't buy back them, things I left behind
 I always have been quick at leaving kind
 I never was the sort now to be left behind
 I could, pack up everything that I, thought was mine
 And be gone before the ink upon that letter had dried
 Say my pockets full of holes, I've seen my pockets full of gold
 I've got some beautiful possesions, livin' on pawn shop windows
 But'll, I can't buy back them, things I left behind
 No now I can't buy back them, things I left behind