Porch Light Gone

Lyrics

Verse 1
I packed your ashtray
in a Kroger bag
left the key on the rail
by the rusted flag

Your boots by the door
still smelled like rain
I stood in that hallway
and finally felt my name

Pre-Chorus
I heard Mama pray
through the screen door crack
Said, baby, if you go
don't you turn back

So I took that road
past the hound dog chain
left your shadow in the yard
in the summer rain

Chorus
I'm gone for good
gone for good
I left your ass
like I said I would

Gone for good
gone for good
You won't find me
where the hurt once stood

Verse 2
Took my dented truck
past the cotton field
with the glovebox empty
and my heart half-healed

Your lies rode shotgun
like a loaded knife
but I found some mercy
on the edge of night

I learned new prayers
in a motel room
from a cracked little Bible
and a busted tune

Pre-Chorus
I heard Mama pray
through the screen door crack
Said, baby, if you go
don't you turn back

So I took that road
past the hound dog chain
left your shadow in the yard
in the summer rain

Chorus
I'm gone for good
gone for good
I left your ass
like I said I would

Gone for good
gone for good
You won't find me
where the hurt once stood

Bridge
Half-time drop
Let the house go quiet
let the walls lean down
I was burying my better life
in your tired old ground

But the river kept calling
and my blood said run
Now I'm washing your name
off my hands in the sun

Final Chorus
I'm gone for good
gone for good
I left your ass
like I said I would

Gone for good
gone for good
I'm alive again
and I'm not coming back