[Verse 1]
I still set two plates down
out of habit and grace
Your duty belt by the door
ain't moved from it's place
I hear your laugh in the screen door
when the wind runs through
And every little plan we made
still points back to you
[Pre-Chorus]
I didn't get to say it all
the way I meant to say
Now I hold your memory
like it might slip away
[Chorus]
I didn't get to love you
as long as I'd planned
You were suddenly called
to the Promised Land
So many things we wanted to do
now I have to do them without you
I didn't get to love you
as long as I'd planned
[Verse 2]
There's a boat on the trailer
and the paint's gone thin
You said we'd fix it up
and take the grandkids fishing
Now the river keeps on moving
like it don't know my name
And the house feels big and quiet
since you went away
[Pre-Chorus]
I talk to you at supper
I talk to you at dawn
Some days I swear I feel you
when the porch light comes on
[Chorus]
I didn't get to love you
as long as I'd planned
You were suddenly called
to the Promised Land
So many things we wanted to do
now I have to do them without you
I didn't get to love you
as long as I'd planned
[Bridge]
If heaven's got a front porch
I hope you found your chair
I hope the fields are golden
and the hurt ain't there
I'll carry what you gave me
til my own road bends
And when I get there
we'll start our plans again
[Chorus]
I didn't get to love you
as long as I'd planned
You were suddenly called
to the Promised Land
So many things we wanted to do
now I have to do them without you
I didn't get to love you
as long as I'd planned
MichaelCotton
