I'll Stay Here Anyway

I've been watchin' every pair of headlights

Since they said you'd crossed the county line

Got our old umbrella over my shoulder

And your last text runnin' through my mind

People pass and ask if I'm alright

I just smile and say I'm waitin' on you

The rain keeps fallin', but I don't mind

I've got nothin' better to do

I can almost hear your footsteps

Almost feel your hand in mine

But every minute feels a little longer

Than the one before this time

Baby, come for me

Just come for me tonight

I don't care where you've been

Or what you're tryin' to hide

You don't have to carry all that hurt

You don't have to fight alone

I'd rather live inside a broke-down car with you

Than a mansion on my own

Baby, come for me

Please don't turn away

Even if you never show

I'll stay here anyway

You said you were with your sick aunt

But I knew there was more to the story

I knew that look behind your smile

Like a storm cloud hidin' all your worry

I never needed perfect from you

Never asked you to be someone new

I just wanted all your broken pieces

And the chance to carry some of them too

I can almost hear your footsteps

Almost feel your hand in mine

But every minute feels a little longer

Than the one before this time

Baby, come for me

Just come for me tonight

I don't care where you've been

Or what you're tryin' to hide

You don't have to carry all that hurt

You don't have to fight alone

I'd rather live inside a broke-down car with you

Than a mansion on my own

Baby, come for me

Please don't turn away

Even if you never show

I'll stay here anyway

And I know you're somewhere drinkin' whiskey

Tellin' yourself it's for my good

Convincin' yourself I'd be happier

If you disappeared for good

But you don't get to make that choice for me

You don't get to decide my heart

If you're runnin' 'cause you're scared you'll break us

Then you're breakin' us apart

I can almost hear your footsteps

Almost feel your hand in mine

But every minute feels a little longer

Than the one before this time

Baby, come for me

Let tomorrow wait its turn

If you've got secrets, bring 'em with you

We'll face every one and let 'em burn

Together we can cross the darkness

Together we can find our way

And if you're too afraid to come tonight

Then I'll be here till break of day

Baby, come for me

That's all I've got to say

And even when the morning comes

I'll stay here anyway

The buses stopped an hour ago

The town's gone quiet in the rain

But every time I see headlights

I look up all the same

Maybe you're not comin'

Maybe you've already gone away

But I'll be here beneath this umbrella

Just in case you change your mind today.