Lyrics
[Verse 1] You left the kettle by the window Steam wrote circles on the glass I found your blue wool sweater Folded where the winter passed [Pre-Chorus] The garden leans toward morning A robin tests one note I take the long way home again With your old map in my coat [Chorus] If the day comes softly Let it find us where we are With a little room for sorrow And a little room for stars I will keep the porch light burning Not to call you back tonight Just to make the doorway gentle When you cross my mind [Verse 2] The apples on the counter Have begun to lose their red I write a list for Saturday Then erase the things we said [Pre-Chorus] A train moves past the meadow Its windows catching gold Some roads are made for leaving Some are made for growing old [Chorus] If the day comes softly Let it find us where we are With a little room for sorrow And a little room for stars I will keep the porch light burning Not to call you back tonight Just to make the doorway gentle When you cross my mind [Bridge] And when the first rain gathers In the hollow of the stone I’ll hear the house settle slowly Learning how to be alone [Final Chorus] If the day comes softly Let it find us where we are With a little room for sorrow And a little room for stars I will keep the porch light burning Till the dark has turned to blue Not to pull you from the distance Just to send my peace to you [Outro] The kettle cools beside the window Morning opens like a door
