You can't pin down the wings of a man who was born to fly

So silly girl why'd you even try?

You gotta let him go

He was born and bred for bigger things 

And you were foolish as ever to even believe you could hang on

You gotta let him go

Watch him take flight  

 

But I thought he was a rolling stone

There wasn't anyone could take him home

And nail him down to the floorboards and make him stay

Yeah I thought he was a rambling man

A bottle full with a heavy hand

But now I see

It wasn't the freedom 

It was just me

It was always me 

 

If I could dig up all the roots we laid and let him pass me by

Then I'd have never learned the reasons why

Had to believe it with my own eyes 

I couldn't see the disaster inside the disguise that he wore so well 

So I let him go

Out of my life

 

It was always me 

I bet you, he's down there, lying in waiting

For the other shoe to fall and me to come back running

But I won't, cause I can't 

I'll be damned if I let him get the rest of me

He already took the best of me

 

Cause I thought he was a rolling stone

There wasn't anyone could take him home

And nail him down to the floorboards and make him stay

Yeah he'll always be a rambling man

A bottle full with a heavy hand

But now I see

It wasn't the freedom 

It wasn't me

It was never me

It was never me