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Lyrics
[Verse 1]
We were kids in Sunday shoes
Kissing by the river bend
You said
"This is it for me"
I believed every word you meant
[Verse 2]
Suitcase by the screen door light
Dust still dancing where you turned
You took the map
I kept the town
Now my board porch coffee burns
[Chorus]
You left but I stayed
You ran while I prayed
For that first love to circle back home someday
My heart never strayed
Still parked in your shade
You left
You left
But I stayed
[Verse 3]
Picture fading on my wall
Your name carved in the old oak rail
I trace the letters
Bite my tongue
Taste that promise gone so pale
[Bridge]
How can the same two hands
Hold a halo
Hold a blade? (oh)
You blessed me with my first sweet touch
Then broke me with the mess you made
[Chorus]
You left but I stayed
You ran while I prayed
For that first love to circle back home someday
My heart never strayed
Still parked in your shade
You left
You left
But I stayed
[Outro]
[Hummed vocal over soft guitar]
Hmm-mm
First love
First ache
Hmm-mm
This old heart won’t break
You left
You left
But I stayed
Details
GeneratedMar 17, 2026
Duration3:42
LanguageEnglish
Style
folk, Raw delta blues meets aching soul ballad, male vocals. Fingerpicked acoustic in open tuning with a lazy back-porch shuffle, thumbed bass strings and occasional slide guitar moans. Verses stay close and confessional; chorus opens into belted, weathered hooks with call-and-response hums. Subtle room reverb for a live, wooden feel; vocal grows rougher and more desperate as the song goes on., soul, blues, delta blues, acoustic
Credits
Prompt by
ProfBullmoose
ProfBullmooseModelAria v5
Prompt
Love song. First love, first heartbreak. You left but I stayed, blues, delta blues, soul acoustic
