[Verse 1] At the county pound, you pressed your hand to glass I had learned to sit still, let the wrong ones call me theirs One took me home for a season, one for a year I kept my paws on the door, kept hoping you'd appear [Pre-Chorus] I gave away my good years, my collar, every name Made promises I couldn't keep, then carried all the blame [Chorus] You came when I was boxed in, leash knotted to the past I see the home we could have had go slowly rolling past I was yours before I knew it, but I waited far too long Now the right one stands outside while I keep living wrong [Verse 2] You had a quiet kitchen, a patch of afternoon A place beside your chair, a bowl beneath the moon I learned to love the lock, the narrow little view And watched your taillights disappear with all I couldn't undo [Pre-Chorus] I spent my yes on strangers, wore my sorry thin Now you're holding out your hand; I can't get out again [Chorus] You came when I was boxed in, leash knotted to the past I see the home we could have had go slowly rolling past I was yours before I knew it, but I waited far too long Now the right one stands outside while I keep living wrong [Outro] At the county pound, the door swings wide I know your face; I stay inside
