Ghost of your smile

Your boots are still by the back door

Coffee cup stained on the sink

Your jacket hangs like a question

I answer each night with a drink

It’s the ghost of your smile that haunts me

More than your footsteps fading down that road

I could outrun the law, outrun the county line

But not the way you lit this broken soul

Yeah, the ghost of your smile still owns me

More than any promise I ever broke

That old screen door still does its cussin'

When the wind comes leanin' on in

I turn and say, "Baby, you’re early"

Then remember how long it’s been

It’s the ghost of your smile that haunts me

More than your footsteps fading down that road

I could outrun the law, outrun the county line

But not the way you lit this broken soul

Yeah, the ghost of your smile still owns me

More than any promise I ever broke

I’ve made peace with your leaving

I’ve made war with my pride (oh yeah)

But every time I start believing

Your laughter cuts right through the night

It’s the ghost of your smile that haunts me

More than your footsteps fading down that road

I could outrun the law, outrun the county line

But not the way you lit this broken soul

Yeah, the ghost of your smile still rides here

In this empty bed, in this empty home

Your boots are still by the back door

And I still walk around 'em slow