PORCH LIGHT STILL ON

There's a beer gone warm on the windowsill

Your boots ain't here, but I swear they still

Leave little ghosts across this floor

Every time I hear that screen door

Your name's still carved in the kitchen table

I tried to cover it, but I ain't able

Funny how a house can feel this cold

When the only thing missing is the one you love

So I leave the porch light on

Like you might come back home

Like your truck might pull in

And I won't be alone

I know better, God knows I do

But heartbreak makes a fool out of you

So I'll sit here all night long

With a broken heart

And the porch light on

I took your picture off the wall

Put it in a drawer, then missed it all

Pulled it back out just to see your face

Guess some things time just can't erase

The radio played our favorite song

I changed the station, but it still felt wrong

Every damn road in this little town

Got a memory that won't let me down

So I leave the porch light on

Like you might come back home

Like your truck might pull in

And I won't be alone

I know better, God knows I do

But heartbreak makes a fool out of you

So I'll sit here all night long

With a broken heart

And the porch light on

They say moving on means letting go...

But what if letting go

Is the only thing I got left of you?

So I'll leave the porch light on

Even though you're never coming home

I'll keep talking to the silence

Like it answers through the phone

And maybe one day I'll turn it off

When I finally learn what goodbye costs

But tonight I'll love you

Like I never got the chance to stop

With a broken heart...

And the porch light on

Morning's coming...

And you're still gone.

(soft acoustic guitar, tape hiss, distant thunder)