List

Verse 1

I came home to a quiet house

Boots by the door, lights burned out

There’s a photograph on the shelf

Of a man I don’t know no more

Verse 2

They said the war was finally done

But the war followed me back home

There’s names carved into my mind

And I carry them like stone

Chorus

I got a list and it won’t let me sleep

Every name is a promise I keep

I hear their voices in the dark at night

Saying make it right… make it right

I got a list and the list got me

Ain’t no judge, ain’t no jury

Just a ghost of a man I used to be

And a list that’s killing me

Verse 3

I walk alone down empty roads

With a cold steel friend and a heavy soul

Preacher says I should let it go

But he never buried his brothers before

Verse 4

I don’t drink but I might tonight

Just to try and quiet the noise

But the truth is a man like me

Don’t come back from making these choices

Chorus

I got a list and it won’t let me sleep

Every name is a promise I keep

I hear their voices in the dark at night

Saying make it right… make it right

I got a list and the list got me

Ain’t no judge, ain’t no jury

Just a ghost of a man I used to be

And a list that’s killing me

Bridge (very quiet, almost spoken)

If I see the gates of heaven

I know I’ll be turned around

But I’ll stand with my brothers again

When they lay me in the ground

Final Chorus

I had a list, now the list is done

But it cost me everything I love

If you’re hearing this, don’t be like me

Leave some war when you come home, son

Outro

There’s a photograph on the shelf

Of a man I used to be

He looks like me…

But he ain’t me