Lyrics
[Verse 1] Your blue scarf hangs behind the kitchen door I fold it once, then leave it on the chair The train has taken you beyond the shore But every room still keeps you there [Pre-Chorus] I write your name on envelopes I never send And watch the afternoon turn pale again [Chorus] If distance has a sound, it lives here now In the kettle cooling, in the empty hall I hold the little things you left somehow A wooden button, your old wool shawl Come back gently, if you come back at all [Verse 2] The neighbor's garden leans against the wall September apples bruise beneath the tree I hear your footsteps in the upstairs hall Then find the floorboards answering me [Pre-Chorus] Some nights I leave the porch light burning low As if a small light could tell you where to go [Chorus] If distance has a sound, it lives here now In the kettle cooling, in the empty hall I hold the little things you left somehow A wooden button, your old wool shawl Come back gently, if you come back at all [Bridge] I won't ask the years to turn around I only hope they soften what they found And if your hands have learned another place May they remember mine without disgrace [Chorus] If distance has a sound, it lives here now In the kettle cooling, in the empty hall I hold the little things you left somehow A wooden button, your old wool shawl Come back gently, if you come back at all [Outro] Your blue scarf hangs behind the kitchen door I leave it there, and ask for nothing more
