[Verse 1] They put a paper tag around my neck, said, “Good dog, this one’s easy to keep.” I learned the shape of every stranger’s hand, then watched their car lights leave the street. I spent my yes on borrowed forever, left little pieces in every room. Now you’re standing there with the right kind eyes, and I’m behind a door I helped them build too soon. [Pre-Chorus] I hear your keys turn in the lock, but every promise holds me fast. [Chorus] I was yours too late, too late, with the leash tied tight to yesterday. You were the home I waited for; I’m watching through the pound’s front door. I was yours too late, too late, all my good years given away. The right one came, the gate stayed closed— I see you go. I see you go. [Verse 2] They called me family till the rent came due, then passed me on like a favor gone bad. I kept my tail up, learned not to ask, made every almost-home feel like all I had. You stop outside; I know your shoes. I know the pause before you turn. I’ve got a heart that still runs to you, but nowhere left to put what I have learned. [Pre-Chorus] I hear your keys turn in the lock, but every promise holds me fast. [Chorus] I was yours too late, too late, with the leash tied tight to yesterday. You were the home I waited for; I’m watching through the pound’s front door. I was yours too late, too late, all my good years given away. The right one came, the gate stayed closed— I see you go. I see you go. [Bridge] If I could bark the years back loose, I’d run to you with nothing owed. But I’m still wearing every name of every hand that let me go. [Final Chorus] I was yours too late, too late, with the leash tied tight to yesterday. You were the home I waited for; I’m watching through the pound’s front door. The right one came, the gate stayed closed— I see you go. I see you go.
