I Won't Wait in the Dark
by Barb Marlowe · Rock › Pop Rock · Made with Suno · 0 plays
Style
folk rock, acoustic, soft, mystical
Prompt
folk rock, smoky contralto, breathy rasp, dreamy, mystical, Rhodes, acoustic guitar, airy harmonies, soft fiddle
Lyrics
Mm... leave it on Phone face-up on the pillow, screen gone black, Flour to my elbows before the sun. Two winters since you walked out, brother, And the whole town hummed like nothing's done. I ran the back roads, windows down, Called every friend you ever knew. Told them all, I'm fine, I'm fine, Held that line like it was true. I'll leave the porch light on, But I won't wait in the dark. Hope keeps the window lit, It doesn't bury the heart. I'll leave the porch light on, But I won't wait in the dark. Come home when you're ready, I'll be living, right where you start. Then a woman at the counter Set down two cups, drank just one. Her boy's bed made, the kitchen clock stopped, Years gone by and her days all undone. Oh, that was me, a few more winters on, Same love, bent all the way down. I felt it shake me to the bone, Cold as rain on a empty town. I'll leave the porch light on, But I won't wait in the dark. Hope keeps the window lit, It doesn't bury the heart. I'll leave the porch light on, But I won't wait in the dark. Come home when you're ready, I'll be living, right where you start. I called our father, said my part was mine. The evergreens stood tall and dripping after rain. I slept the whole night through. Mud on my boots, I set them by the door. Then one line on my screen... I'm out past the pines. I'll leave the porch light on, And I won't wait in the dark. Two cups, no speech, Just my hand, and an open yard. I'll leave the porch light on, And I won't wait in the dark. Come home when you're ready, I'm warm, I'm here, I'm home.