**SHE LEFT THE LIGHT ON** She left the light on in the hallway But the porch went cold on me Said she only needed fresh air Lord, that's a hard thing to believe She's got bourbon on her lipstick Honey dripping off her tongue Keeps saying, "Baby, don't you worry" While she loads another gun She's got a lock without a keyhole A river with no shore Keeps telling me to come inside Then bars another door --- Now my hands know every curve she's got But my heart can't find the room Funny how a woman's body Can still leave a man alone --- She's got one foot in the fire One dancing in the rain Loves me like a Sunday preacher Leaves me cursing Monday's name She keeps striking every matchstick Then asking why I smoke Lord, she says she's coming home tonight But the promise leaves with every coat And every kiss she's saving up Feels borrowed from before I still know exactly how to touch her... I just don't know what I'm touching for --- She wears my shirt around the kitchen Like she owns my last name still But another shadow haunts the mattress Long after the room gets still She calls me, "Baby," in the morning By midnight I'm just "Man" Funny how a heart can hold you Without holding your hand There's fingerprints upon the whiskey Lipstick on the glass Some ghosts don't sleep in graveyards... They sleep inside your past --- Maybe love ain't in the lovemaking Maybe that's what hurts the most Anybody can light a candle... It takes forever to warm a ghost So pour another conversation Leave another truth half-dressed She's still lying in my bed tonight... I'm just wondering who's getting her best --- She's got one foot in forever One boot by the door Says she'll never leave me lonely While I'm sleeping on the floor Every time I start believing She pulls another thread Leaves me tangled in the covers... With words I wish she'd never said She says, "Baby, you can trust me." Lord... I swear I want to try. But love ain't what'll break a man... It's hoping... Every... Single... Night.
