The porch light hums like a tired old tune
Dust on the glass, and the sky’s gone blue
Not day, not night, just the in-between
Where the world forgets what it used to mean
You left your coat on the cedar stair
Still smells like smoke and July in there
And the wind’s got teeth, but it sings so low
I think it knows what it’s like to go
So I light a match for the dark inside
Toss my name to the restless tide
If you ever come back this way again
I’ll be a ghost, but I’ll let you in
I’ll be a ghost, but I’ll let you in
I heard the trains like a hymn last night
Carving chords through the hills so wide
I counted stars till the whiskey won
And I dreamed of roads I’d never run
Your voice was soft like a winter field
All covered in frost, but it never healed
Now I write your name in the window steam
Watch it fade like a half-spoke dream
So I light a match for the dark inside
Toss my name to the restless tide
If you ever come back this way again
I’ll be a ghost, but I’ll let you in
I’ll be a ghost, but I’ll let you in
There’s a song in the trees when the wind gets low
Like an old friend hummin’ a tune I know
If you follow that sound where the sky turns thin
You might find the place where I’ve always been
So I light a match for the dark inside
Toss my name to the restless tide
If you ever come back this way again
I’ll be a ghost, but I’ll let you in
Yeah, I’ll be a ghost, but I’ll let you in