Sometimes I still hear the sound of two drunk men echoing through an old song I still remember the sticky old tables, the smell of old ale on the floor Oh, it took me to see my own home from an airplane to realize it's all that I want And I had to leave, oh, to see what was out there, I always had a foot out the door And although overseas, I can still feel the fire of that dirty old town and it burns Old Dog Mae McCree, where she's waiting for me, cause she knows that one day I'll return I know it feels like I left in a hurry, but that's just how she taught me goodbyes Old Dog Mae McCree, where she's waiting for me, and I wish I could be there tonight Oh, I wish I could be there tonight I miss the faces and I watch the stories from strangers that feel just like home I use the same old one-liners you taught me while drinking until the bar closed But now when I go home, I sleep in the guest room with photos of me in that house I miss the days when we ran through the garden the way that my mother would shout And although overseas, I can still feel the fire of that dirty old town and it burns Old Dog Mae McCree, where she's waiting for me, cause she knows that one day I'll return I know it feels like I left in a hurry, but that's just how she taught me goodbyes Old Dog Mae McCree, where she's waiting for me, and I wish I could be there tonight Oh, I wish I could be there tonight Da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da D-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da Da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da Da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da I know it feels like I left in a hurry But that's just how she taught me goodbyes Oh, Doc McCree, well, she's waiting for me And I wish I could be there tonight Oh, I wish I could be there tonight