Front porch empty

(Verse 1)

There’s a dent in the couch where you used to sit

Your boots by the door don’t fit like they did

Mama still cooks for one extra plate

Says “just in case,” but we both know it’s late

(Pre-Chorus)

You said it was nothing, just blowing off steam

But nothing don’t steal a man piece by piece

(Chorus)

Now the front porch is empty, the screen door don’t slam

Your laugh ain’t echoing across this land

We lost you slow, like a fading light

Didn’t go in a day, you slipped out of sight

We called your name through the long dark nights

But the bottle talked louder than we could fight

Now the silence hangs heavy where you used to be

Addiction took you… and it took part of me

(Verse 2)

Your old guitar’s got a busted string

Like the promises you couldn’t keep

There’s a trail of dust on that county road

Where you drove away, chasing ghosts

(Pre-Chorus)

I tried to hold on, tried to pull you through

But you can’t save someone who won’t choose you

(Chorus)

Now the front porch is empty, the screen door don’t slam

Your laugh ain’t echoing across this land

We lost you slow, like a fading light

Didn’t go in a day, you slipped out of sight

We called your name through the long dark nights

But the bottle talked louder than we could fight

Now the silence hangs heavy where you used to be

Addiction took you… and it took part of me

(Bridge)

I still see you in every sunset sky

In the fields where we’d race till the daylight died

And I wonder if somewhere you’re finally free

From the chains that you couldn’t break for me

(Final Chorus)

Yeah the front porch is empty, but I still wait

Like you might come walking up that gate

And I’d say I forgive you, no need to explain

Just come back home, we’ll start again

But the wind just whispers through the trees

Your memory’s all that’s left of “we”

So I’ll hold on tight to what used to be

Even if addiction… took you from me

(Outro)

There’s a dent in the couch where you used to sit…

And I ain’t moved it yet.