**Verse 1** I pay my own way, I lock my own door I don’t wait on a name to make a life stand I learned the hard version, I kept the spine I can walk the whole road with nobody holding my hand I cooked for one, I fixed what broke I made a quiet that didn’t need an audience People kept telling me that should be enough It was enough to survive It ain’t enough to want **Pre-Chorus** That ain’t a threat That’s just the truth I earned I did the alone part I did it well **Chorus** Still I want the old world A house that stays put A porch light on, a word that don’t drift Work when the sun goes down And an honest man Not a speech, not a mask Just an honest man **Verse 2** I don’t want pretty lies dressed up like manners Don’t want a boy who talks loyal and leaves quiet Say what you are, stay what you said I can take a hard truth I can’t take a quiet liar I’ve heard every version of “I didn’t mean it” I’ve watched good nights rot from one cheap secret I don’t need perfect I need clean If your mouth and your life don’t match, don’t sit down at my table **Pre-Chorus** Come if you mean it Leave the act on the fence I already built the table Now I want somebody real in the chair **Chorus** Still I want the old world A house that stays put A porch light on, a word that don’t drift Work when the sun goes down And an honest man Not a speech, not a mask Just an honest man **Verse 3** Give me Sunday quiet even if we don’t pray Give me land that knows a last name someday Give me ordinary years, coffee and dust Hands that come home carrying what they promised I can run the bills I can run the nights That ain’t the hole in me The hole is a good house and nobody true in it **Chorus** I want the old world My own two hands A light in the window that means you’re coming back A life that lasts longer than me being impressive And an honest man That’s the center That’s the deal **Bridge** I won’t get smaller to make you feel tall You don’t get to lie to keep me calm Independence paid the rent Honesty is what I want in this house In my bed In the man I let stay Don’t call it weak Wanting a partner ain’t kneeling I kept myself Now I want someone who can stand there without rewriting the truth to fit the room I can live alone I proved it I just don’t want the rest of my years spent decoding somebody **Breakdown** No more almost No more maybe later No more “you wouldn’t understand” If you can’t say it plain you can’t keep a place here **Final Chorus** Give me the old world My own two hands Sunday quiet, even if we don’t pray Land that knows our name someday A porch light on A word that don’t drift And an honest man That’s the whole song That’s the only deal An honest man **Outro** I already built the door I already learned the lock Now I want somebody worth opening it for and honest enough to walk through it the same man he was in the yard.
