Lyrics
[Verse 1] You left your blue coat on the kitchen chair A wooden button loose, a thread of silver hair The kettle clicked, then settled into hush I kept your note beneath the sugar jar Beside the list of things we meant to start And every morning read it just because [Chorus] If you come back, take the long way home Past the field where the tall grass bends I’ll leave the porch light low and warm And make room for the years we lost If you come back, you won’t come back alone There’s a place for you here again [Verse 2] The apple tree is smaller than I knew Its lowest branch still carries marks from you Carved with a pocketknife and careful hands I hear the old screen door complain at night A little stubborn, a little too bright Like it remembers how you used to stand [Chorus] If you come back, take the long way home Past the field where the tall grass bends I’ll leave the porch light low and warm And make room for the years we lost If you come back, you won’t come back alone There’s a place for you here again [Bridge] I don’t need an answer in a letter I don’t need promises tied with string Just one afternoon beside the river Just one honest hour of everything [Final Chorus] If you come back, take the long way home Past the field where the tall grass bends I’ll leave the porch light low and warm And let the old silence finally end If you come back, you won’t come back alone There’s a place for you here again There’s a place for you here again [Outro] The kettle clicks, the morning starts Your name rests softly in my heart
