[Verse 1]
You in that old blue chair
Crossword half done
Glasses sliding down
Calling me "champ" just for fun
I still hear your keys by the door
Coffee cup stain on the table
I keep setting two plates out
Then remember I'm not able
[Chorus]
I'm still here
Trying to make you proud
Walking this road you talked about
Every step
I hear you somehow
Are you watching me now?
I can't bring you back around
But I'm still trying to make you proud
[Verse 2]
You said
"Work hard
Keep kind
Shake hands
Look them in the eye"
I write your words on sticky notes
Just to get through some nights
I wore your watch to the interview
Felt your calm in my veins
When they said that I got the job
I whispered your name
[Chorus]
[Bridge]
Some days I reach for the phone
Start dialing your number slow
Then stop in the middle of the code
Talk to the silence instead
If there's a sky where you can see
Every version I'll grow to be
I hope the one standing here
Would sit beside you again
[Chorus]