He took all that he owned and put it into a pile
Doused it with gasoline and stood there for a while
Took out a match with a laugh and set it on fire
He said, "this is the first day of my new life
And watched those flames growing higher

And now there's no goin back and there's no turning around
Its just a one way ticket to a hole in the ground
You can't cross the same river you can never go home
So just be true to your soul and you can never go wrong

It took her twenty two years of putting up with his trash
She made up her mind in a instant and left him in a flash
She looked down at her man as he lay by her side
She just took the keys to the car and left in the middle of the night

And now there's no goin back and there's no turning around
Its just a one way ticket to a hole in the ground
You can't cross the same river you can never go home
So just be true to your soul and you can never go wrong

He put the gun to his head and thought of all he had done
He worked so hard for so long he'd played the game and he'd won
He had it all a big car a big house on the hill
But at the end of his life happiness had eluded him still