Mean It When I Miss You

[Verse 1]
You left your sweatshirt on my chair
Still smells like coffee and your hair
I keep the porch light on too late
Like you might turn up at the gate
[Chorus]
I loved you so much and now I miss you
And I mean it
Every mile between us cuts right through
And I feel it
Tried to tough it out, tried to play it cool
But my hands still shake on that barstool
I loved you so much and now I miss you
And I mean it
[Verse 2]
Your side of the bed still runs too cold
I wear your boots when it gets old
Drive by the church where we once swore
We’d never walk out that back door
[Chorus]
I loved you so much and now I miss you
And I mean it
Every mile between us cuts right through
And I feel it
Tried to close my eyes, tried to sleep it clean
But you’re every song on my high beams
I loved you so much and now I miss you
And I mean it
[Bridge]
Friends say “give it time, girl, you’ll move on” (no, I won’t)
But they never heard you hum along
To that old tape deck in my first car
They don’t know how gone you are
[Chorus]
I loved you so much and now I miss you
And I mean it
Every mile between us cuts right through
And I feel it
If you ever turn down this dirt road
You’ll find my heart on the front porch
I loved you so much and now I miss you
And I mean it

country, Alt-country ballad with female vocals; gentle picked acoustic and brushed snare under intimate verses, pedal steel swells and warm organ lifting the choruses. Tempo mid-slow with a subtle swing. Build from close, almost-whispered first verse into a bigger, harmony-filled final chorus; leave plenty of space for vocal cracks and sighs., alternative country