[Instrumental Intro] [Verse 1] You left your coat on the kitchen chair Rain in the hall, cold supper there Your mother kept the porch lamp on Though every bus had come and gone You said, “I’ll make it back somehow” I hear those words as clearly now [Pre-Chorus] The years put miles beneath your feet But home kept one place at the table set [Chorus] Come on back, the door is wide We kept your name on the other side Come on back, let the old walls know The boy who left has a heart to show Come on back, through the dust and doubt We’ve been saving a light for you [Verse 2] You learned to sleep beside the tracks To count your change and hide your cracks A borrowed room, a factory shift A hundred small ways to lose your grip But in your pocket, folded twice A photograph kept its promise alive [Rap Interlude] Bus fare short, last shift gone Steel-toe boots till the gray came on Wrong turns, hard bills, pride held tight Kept my head down, kept one thing in sight Had a number in my wallet, ink worn thin Had a front step waiting when I came in I was more than the nights I couldn’t get through Now I’m walking that road with the whole truth [Bridge] Tell me what the silence cost Tell me where the good years crossed We won’t ask you to explain We know the shape of hurt and change [Chorus] Come on back, the door is wide We kept your name on the other side Come on back, let the old walls know The boy who left has a heart to show Come on back, through the dust and doubt We’ve been saving a light for you [Build] One hand on the gate, one breath in your chest All those lost miles can come to rest Hear the floorboards answer your name Nothing in this house has changed [Final Chorus] You came back, the door is wide We kept your name on the other side You came back, let the whole house know You carried the hurt, but you let it go You came back, through the dust and doubt We were saving a place for you You came back, you came back And the house is whole again [Outro] Your coat on the chair, your hands in the light The porch lamp can rest tonight
