I Thought The Wreck Was Over Music and lyrics by Butch Hancock, Joe Ely and Jimmie Dale Gilmore I thought the wreck was over I thought the fire was out I thought the storm had passed and I was safe at last I thought thw wreck was over but here she comes again Livin' with her liked t'killed me Living without her might as well At first I thought I'd died and gone to heaven In fact I had lived and gone to hell I thought the wreck was over I thought the fire was out I thought the storm had passed and I was safe at last I thought thw wreck was over but here she comes again They'll tell you to expect the unexpected But nobody ever tells you where it's hid I can't tell you how many times she left me I lost count the very first time that she did I thought I was movin' fast and gettin' stronger I thought the coast was clearer 'Till I looked into the mirror And saw a set of skid marks gettin' longer I thought the wreck was over I thought the fire was out I thought the storm had passed and I was safe at last I thought thw wreck was over but here she comes again