Prompt / Lyrics
[Verse 1] You said “I’m just runnin’ out For milk and cigarettes” Ten minutes felt like ten long years My heart went straight to wreck I paced grooves in these floorboards Checked my phone, then checked again Already planned your goodbye speech Before you’d even hit the bend [Chorus] Don’t leave me hangin’ on this porch light burnin’ Every tail light feels like you returnin’ I know it’s crazy, but it’s all I’ve learned and It hurts, it hurts, it hurts I swing from beggin’ you to stay, to cussin’ I’m all or nothin’, baby, all or nothin’ I’m scared you’ll run the second that I’m honest So I hide the worst [Verse 2] Some days I’m just a hollow shell On this secondhand blue couch Scrolling through our photos Pickin’ every little flaw out I say things that cut like barbed wire Just to see if you still bleed Then I hate myself for sayin’ ‘em And I hate what you still see in me [Chorus] Don’t leave me hangin’ on this porch light burnin’ Every tail light feels like you returnin’ I know it’s crazy, but it’s all I’ve learned and It hurts, it hurts, it hurts I swing from beggin’ you to stay, to cussin’ I’m all or nothin’, baby, all or nothin’ I’m scared you’ll run the second that I’m honest So I hide the worst [Bridge] Got a bathroom drawer of sorry scars Little lines I pray you never find (oh Lord) Try to outrun this storm inside But it keeps lappin’ at the county line If I hand you all this busted heart Will you hold it like it’s somethin’ true? Or will you leave me with this porch light on Talkin’ to the dark ‘bout you [Chorus] Don’t leave me hangin’ on this porch light burnin’ Every tail light feels like you returnin’ I’m tired of crazy bein’ all I’ve learned and It hurts, it hurts, it hurts I swing from beggin’ you to stay, to cussin’ I’m all or nothin’, baby, all or nothin’ If you’re still here when all my walls come crashin’ Maybe I ain’t cursed [Outro] Porch light burnin’ in the midnight hush You take my hand when my hands shake too much If you can love me in this kind of weather Maybe I ain’t leavin’ me forever
Tags
country, Raw modern country ballad with male vocals; sparse fingerpicked acoustic and upright bass in the verses, brushed snare and swells of pedal steel in the chorus. Intimate, almost spoken delivery on the lines about emptiness; choruses open into a strained, soaring hook with subtle three-part harmonies. Bridge strips back to solo vocal and guitar, then the band returns with a slightly rougher, live-room feel for the final chorus., emotional
Duration
7:59
Instrumental
No
Created
4/6/2026