Kenny Chesney & Tim McGraw

(Kenny)
You know that restaurant on highway one
With the key lime pie, that song, the sand and the sun
Where we ran in our barefeet
Built a castle on the beach
Just the wind, the rocks, the waves and you and me.

Chorus:
I can't go there
'Cause thats just too much us
I can't go there
I still feel your touch
There's places in my heart and head
That feel as empty as our bed
So most nights I dont even walk upstairs
'Cause I can't go there.

Remember San Francisco on that cable car
Our reflection in the window of that store
How we danced the night away
With the lights out on the bay
Then wound up in a blanket on the floor.

Chorus:
I can't go there
'Cause 'Friscos too much, us
I can't go there
I still feel your touch
Now theres places in my heart and head
That still feel as empty as our bed
So most nights I dont even walk upstairs
'Cause I can't go there.

If it was only Florida or California
Maybe I could let myself move on
But it's everywhere we've been
And everywhere I turn
I can't love again
Because I've learned.

That I can't go there
It's somethin' I can't do
I can't go there
'Cause I'll run into you
I can't go there.

(Tim)
When the sun shines, when it rains
Christmas parties, football games
(Kenny)
I can't go there
(Tim)
Winter, summer, fall or spring
I see you in everything
(Kenny
I can't go there.

It's too much us
I can't go there...


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    I think that it's about a husband who lost his wife. It is such a great song, but very sad.

    mazda3grlon April 06, 2005   Link

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