"When She Wakes Up (And Finds Me Gone)" lyrics - TIM MCGRAW

With a trembling pen in hand, I try the best I can
To write all the reasons I can't stay
And I hope she'll understand, I can't leave her like a man
'Cause a man would never leave her this way

A note of things I should have said, lays beside her sleepin' head
As I turn and make my way off in the night
By the time the mornin' is breakin', my heart will still be achin'
Every time I think of what I've left behind

[Chorus:]
'Cause I don't wanna see me leavin' in her eyes
And I can't stand to watch her watch me make her cry
And I don't know a right way I can do her wrong
So, I don't want to be here in the mornin', when she wakes up and finds me gone

It hurts to know how much she'll hurt, I have told myself things could be worse
And I've convinced myself she's better off this way
By the time she finds I'm gone, I'll be a long, long way from home
When she reads a note of things I couldn't say

[Chorus:]
'Cause I don't wanna see me leavin' in her eyes
And I can't stand to watch her watch me make her cry
And I don't know a right way I can do her wrong
So, I don't want to be here in the mornin', when she wakes up and finds me gone

[Outro:]
Lord, I don't wanna be here in the mornin'
When she wakes up and finds me gone