Well I couldn't speak when I kissed your cheek So the tears just said goodbye But still I knew what I had to do was spread my wings and fly So I loaded up my pickup truck And threw it into drive I had a friend in Louisiana on an oil rig in the gulf He said the night life in New Orleans would really light me up And for awhile girl it was true So why do I still dream of you Sometimes you've got to leave to learn How good life was back where you were And the greener pasture you set out to find Is The One You Left Behind I spend my days on a fishing boat and my nights on Bourbon Street The taste I got of this brand new life at best is bittersweet Behind the mask of Mardi Gras I hid so well that no one saw A country boy that misses the man that he use to be And holding hands on sunset walks to the Dairy Queen And the kind of work I use to do And breathing in the air with you Sometimes you've got to leave to learn How good life was back where you were And the greener pasture you set out to find Is The One You Left Behind I kissed your lips I pulled you close And tear sick girl I missed you so missed you so Sometimes you've got to leave to learn How good life was back where you were And the greener pasture you set out to find Is The One You Left Behind Is The One You Left Behind Is The One You Left Behind The One You Left Behind