[Verse 1]
You left your boots beside the back door
Mud still drying from the county road
I found your note beneath the coffee tin
Three short lines and nowhere left to go
[Chorus]
Now the screen door keeps on talking
Every time the north wind turns
I keep one chair beside the table
For a man who never learns
[Verse 2]
The church bell quit at half past seven
Smoke went blue above the fields
I drove your truck down past the grain bins
Just to see what silence feels
[Chorus]
Now the screen door keeps on talking
Every time the north wind turns
I keep one chair beside the table
For a man who never learns
[Bridge]
If you hear that old dog barking
If you pass the sycamore
There’s a light left in the kitchen
But I won’t wait by the door
[Chorus]
Now the screen door keeps on talking
Every time the north wind turns
I keep one chair beside the table
For a man who never learns
[Outro]
Three short lines beneath the coffee tin
And the road goes on without you