Abandoned County Mile

**There for the Abandoned** [Verse 1] Your father's name lives in a file Behind a door and a county mile Your mother's fighting ghosts again Some battles never seem to end The bills still come, the tires still blow The world keeps moving, fast and cold And everybody says you're grown As if that means you're not alone [Pre-Chorus] But some nights the weight comes down Like a stone upon the chest [Chorus] I can't fix what's broken I can't rewrite the past I can't open prison gates Or make good times last But when the road is washed away And you don't know what to do I'll be there for the abandoned I'll be there for you [Verse 2] Blue lights painted on the rain A bent-up bumper, shaking hands You reached for help out of habit first Then remembered who wasn't there No number waiting in your phone No family racing to your side Just silence where a voice should be And a long, dark drive tonight [Pre-Chorus] And sometimes all a person needs Is one calm soul to stay [Chorus] I can't fix what's broken I can't rewrite the past I can't open prison gates Or make good times last But when the night keeps pressing in And the shadows all come through I'll be there for the abandoned I'll be there for you [Bridge] Maybe it's a ride home Maybe it's a chair Maybe it's a waiting room And somebody staying there Maybe it's a borrowed coat A coffee and some time The smallest acts can tower high In a life left on the line [Final Chorus] I can't promise answers I can't promise peace I can't carry every hurt Or bring every sorrow relief But if the world has taught you That you're meant to make it through alone I'll be there for the abandoned Till you know you're not on your own [Outro] Not a hero Not a saint Just a hand when the ground gives way For the abandoned For the forgotten I'll stay.