# MARY MISSED YOU TOO Written by Brian Ketchum [Verse 1] I held our baby in my arms And watched you walk away. I'd heard those promises before, But prayed this time you'd stay. I wanted so to call you back, But what was left to say? You thought you were the one who left, But part of me went away. [Verse 2] Your letters came from far away, I'd lay them by the phone. The money kept the lights on, But it couldn't make a home. And when our little boy would ask Why Daddy wasn't there, I'd tell him how you loved him, Then turn away in tears. [Chorus] You weren't the only one hurting, You weren't the only one alone. You weren't the only one wondering How something right went wrong. You could drown your nights in whiskey, Try to hide what you'd been through. But while you spent those years missing me, I was missing you. [Verse 3] I heard about the drinking, The fights and where you'd been. How you wore that heart of steel So nothing could get in. But I remembered different hands Than those you raised to fight. The ones that held our baby And reached for me at night. [Chorus] You weren't the only one hurting, You weren't the only one alone. You weren't the only one wondering How something right went wrong. You could drown your nights in whiskey, Try to hide what you'd been through. But while you spent those years missing me, I was missing you. [Bridge — Quiet, Vulnerable] I won't pretend you didn't hurt me, Or say I understood. There were nights I tried to hate you, But never quite could. I spent too many evenings Listening for your key. And every time the door stayed closed, I wondered if you missed me. [Verse 4 — Revelation, Almost Spoken] I waited years to hear your footsteps, To see you standing at my door. But there came a day they laid me down, And I couldn't wait anymore. Now you sit beneath those barroom lights, With my name upon your skin. Still trying to drink away the hurt Of never coming home again. [Final Chorus — Restrained, Heartbreaking] You weren't the only one hurting, You weren't the only one alone. You weren't the only one who wondered Why you never came back home. You said your heart had turned to steel, That nothing could get through. But every night you said you missed me Told me you were hurting too. [Ending — Instruments Fall Away] And if there's one thing I could tell you That I never got to do... You spent your life missing Mary. Mary missed you too. [End]
