[Verse 1]
Porch light on, the screen door breathes a memory
Old coffee on the counter, your jacket hangs where shadows be
Radio's a heartbeat, two-step slow and low
Accordion and steel trade secrets only broken folks would know
I count the cigarette burns where laughter used to sit
Sweep the dust off Sunday plans and every little counterfeit
Night tastes like regret and cheap whiskey on the tongue
But dawn is pulling at the curtains, promising I'm not undone
[Chorus]
I sit here alone thinking is this the reason I stoped drinking it used to numb the pain and kept my tears from falling like rain we gave our love a good shot but in. the end we did nothing but fought I wish we could go back to where we first began but we both know we never can our time together has come and gone so fast now all it is something we have to leave in the past no matter how dare we tried to make it last now as I sit here alone crying wondering what could or should of been I find myself thinking maybe I should have just go ahead and retake up drinking
[Verse 2]
Neon from the diner paints the highway in bruise-blue lines
Tire tracks like question marks that follow me through time
Your laugh still rides the radio between the chorus and the truth
I keep your coffee ring like a talisman against my youth
Moon gives the porch another chance to learn to wait
I learn to set my shoulders, take my feet off running late
Accordion hums a lullaby for someone learning to forgive
Pedal steel bends the endings into ways to live
[Bridge]
Maybe mornings will teach me to be gentle with the ache
Maybe the porch light's faithful glow will show me what to take
I trade easy bottles for the harder work of staying whole
Find the stubborn kind of courage that lets the healing roll
[Final Chorus]
I sit here alone thinking is this the reason I stoped drinking it used to numb the pain and kept my tears from falling like rain we gave our love a good shot but in. the end we did nothing but fought I wish we could go back to where we first began but we both know we never can our time together has come and gone so fast now all it is something we have to leave in the past no matter how dare we tried to make it last now as I sit here alone crying wondering what could or should of been I find myself thinking maybe I should have just go ahead and retake up drinking
[Outro]
Porch light fades to promise, not to fear
I hum the melody that brings your memory near
Accordion, steel and a steady, honest drum
I learn to face the morning, one small mercy come
