[Verse 1] Mary keeps a blue coat by the kitchen chair Rain in the cuffs, flour in her hair She writes one word on the grocery list Then circles it twice like she might forget [Pre-Chorus] I found your note beneath the radio Four small lines from a year ago You said, “Come home when the road gets hard” So here I am, standing in the yard [Chorus] Mary, leave the porch light on I’ve been gone, but I’m not lost Mary, if you still know my name Open up and let me change All the miles I carried through Led me back to you Mary [Verse 2] Your old red kettle still complains at dawn The apple tree leans where the fence is gone I hear your footsteps cross the wooden floor And every room becomes what it was before [Pre-Chorus] I brought the book you gave to me Its folded page, its coffee stain, its crease I read the ending on the train And learned some things return again [Chorus] Mary, leave the porch light on I’ve been gone, but I’m not lost Mary, if you still know my name Open up and let me change All the miles I carried through Led me back to you Mary [Bridge] No grand apology, no perfect speech Just these tired hands within your reach If there’s a place beside your chair I’ll spend the winter there [Final Chorus] Mary, leave the porch light on Morning finds us, night is gone Mary, say it once again Tell me I can come back in All the years I wandered through Led me back to you Mary [Outro] Blue coat by the kitchen chair Your voice rising softly through the air Mary
