It's bitter cold in Nashville mid November
I don't ever remember another one this cold
Except for January, 2003
We were young and hungry, runnin' like thieves
But the fortune that we had could not be told
Oh, everybody said we were wasting our time
But I don't want to die a waitress, or you a cookin' on a line
I was young, I had a chip on my shoulder
You were tall, maybe five years older
We got drunk and made love on the very first night
Oh, love and pain it comes in waves
But it was quite enough in those early days
We were wild as wolves
My darlin', we were strays
We were strays
Well, we didn't have no money and the heat was off
All that December we shared a twin bed and a cough
You were skinny but full of hunger
I was wise, just five years younger
A couple of dropouts, oh, but we still got off
No two week notice
We'll slip through the cracks
Leave in the middle of the night with the cloths on our backs
Can't be a loser with nothin' to lose
And beggars are choosers with nothin' to choose
We didn't buy in or sell out
We got out while we can
Oh it ain't luck and baby it ain't fate
You just follow your gut
Hurry up and wait
Maybe there's a little somethin' left for the strays
We were strays
We were strays
We were strays
Oh, we were strays
Strays
