Late Nights Blues

I hear an engine humming
Just down the avenue
For a second my heart jumps
Thinking that it's you
I keep the porch light burning
Out of a stubborn habit guess
I'm still holding on
To the magic when we had it
Two mugs upon the counter
One is dust
And that old floorboard's creaking
Like it's still missing us
The city starts to quiet down
Around a quarter to three
And the silence in this bedroom
Is deafening to me
Cause these empty rooms remember
Every promise that we made
Every whisper in the hallway
Before the colors fade
I still reach out to touch you but
I only find the sheets
Love doesn't pack up and leave
No, it fades out slow and deep
Yeah, slow and deep
There's a scratch upon the vinyl
Of the song we used to play
And your heavy leather jacket
Is exactly where it lay
I tried to leave the radio on
Just to kill the quiet
But every station plays the blues so
I don't even try
Somebody's walking by outside
Whistling a heavy tune
And it sounds just like your footsteps
Underneath the moon
They tell me time's a healer
That the river's gonna roll
But some nights feel like yesterday
Deep inside my soul
Cause these empty rooms remember
Every promise that we made
Every whisper in the hallway
Before the colors fade
I still reach out to touch you but
I only find the sheets
Love doesn't pack up and leave
No, it fades out slow and deep
I say freedom is a blessing
When the chains fall to the floor
But a heart that's used to breaking
Just keeps looking at the door
Oh, yeah
I'm still looking at the door
All these empty rooms remember
Every promise that we made
Every whisper in the hallway
Before the colors fade
I still reach out to touch you but
I only find the sheets
Love doesn't pack up and leave
It fades out slow and deep
Yeah, this old house still knows
Even if
I let you go
Through the shadows and the smoke
I still hear you talking to me
Soft and low
Soft and low
Fades out slow
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