[Verse 1]
Tiny boots in the hallway
Truck prints in the mud out back
Superman cape on a Sunday
Cookie crumbs in the laundry sack
You'd run laughing through the kitchen
Missing teeth and dirty hands
You'd climb right up in my lap then
Like I was your whole big plan
[Chorus]
Now my heart is broken
Watching you stumble so far from home
You won't hear a word I'm sayin'
Think you gotta hurt alone
You're chasin' something that ain't love
I see the trouble where you don't
My heart is broken
Cause my baby boy won't listen to his mom
[Verse 2]
These days you walk right past me
Eyes all wild, that hard-mouth grin
Got your arm around a stranger
I can feel the storm you're in
I bite my tongue till it bleeds now
Cause every fight cuts you in two
But it kills me standin' quiet
While that girl makes a fool of you
[Chorus]
And my heart is broken
Watching you stumble so far from home
You won't hear a word I'm sayin'
Think you gotta hurt alone
You're chasin' something that ain't love
I see the trouble where you don't
My heart is broken
Cause my baby boy won't listen to his mom
[Bridge]
One day you'll see what I see
When the dust all settles down (oh, my child)
I'll be right here in this doorway
If you ever turn around
[Chorus]
Till then my heart is broken
But my porch light's burnin' on
I'll pray over every midnight
Every time you don't come home
You're chasin' something that ain't love
But my love's carved in your bones
My heart is broken
Yet I'm holdin' on, I'm holdin' on
Cause I'll always be
The mom you can come back home to, son