Lyrics
[Verse 1] You kept the blue cup by the window Chipped along the rim from years ago Morning found the kitchen slowly Dust on apples, kettle low I took the long road past the orchard Where the fence leans into clover rain Every gate still knows your footsteps Every field repeats your name [Chorus] If you come home by the old mill water I’ll leave the porch light soft and small There’s a place beside me at the table There’s room for everything we lost [Verse 2] June put freckles on the mailbox July wore a ribbon through the wheat I heard your laugh inside the screen door Then the wind moved through the leaves I folded all the Sunday letters Tied them with the thread from your coat Some things travel best in silence Some things keep us warm when alone [Chorus] If you come home by the old mill water I’ll leave the porch light soft and small There’s a place beside me at the table There’s room for everything we lost [Bridge] And if the years have changed our faces If the road has made us strangers there I will know you by the way you pause Before you climb the wooden stairs [Chorus] If you come home by the old mill water I’ll leave the porch light soft and small There’s a place beside me at the table There’s room for everything we lost [Outro] The blue cup waits beside the window The kettle sings, the evening falls I’ll leave the porch light soft and small I’ll leave the porch light for us all
