Gone Means Gone

I folded that last flannel

Left your key on the counter

Dog’s ridin’ shotgun, back seat’s

Just a pile of shirts and doubt

Sun’s barely over the silo

Tank’s half full, heart’s run out

You keep callin’ what I’m doin’

“Coolin’ off” like I’ll turn around

But gone means gone

This tailgate’s not droppin’ back in your driveway

This old map’s drawn

All the roads run anywhere but your way

You’ll stand on that porch ‘til the porch light’s on

But gone means gone

Yeah, gone means gone

Your mama’s voice on the speaker

Says “she’s sorry, just come home”

I can hear you in the background

Ask if that was me or a dial tone

I pass that rusted-out mailbox

Where we carved our names in June

I don’t slow, I don’t signal

I just whisper, “girl, that boy’s through”

‘Cause gone means gone

This tailgate’s not droppin’ back in your driveway

This old map’s drawn

All the roads run anywhere but your way

You’ll stand on that porch ‘til the porch light’s on

But gone means gone

Yeah, gone means gone

You taught me how to leave

Every time you walked away

I learned a little deeper

How not to beg you to stay

Now you’re the one that’s reachin’

But that lesson finally stuck

You can cry into that kitchen light

I’m done runnin’ on your luck (oh)

Yeah, gone means gone

This tailgate’s not droppin’ back in your driveway

This old map’s drawn

All the roads run anywhere but your way

You’ll stand on that porch ‘til the hope wears off

Keep waitin’ on a brake light that never stops

Gone means gone

Yeah, gone means gone