I Still Hear Your Boots on the Porch

The screen door moves in the evening Like it’s waiting for your hand That old porch light keeps burning Like it don’t understand Your coat’s still on the hanger Your coffee cup’s still there But the house feels like a stranger Since you’re not in that chair

And every night around sundown When the wind moves through the dark

I still hear your boots on the porch Slow and steady like before That same old step in the gravel Right outside the door I know the world says you’re gone But my heart ain’t so sure Some nights the wind swears it’s you… Your boots on the porch

The fields roll out behind me Like the years we used to know Your laugh still rides the fences Where the wild tall grasses grow I talk to you in silence Like you’re somewhere close to here And the dark don’t feel so empty When I pretend you hear

A man learns how to carry What time can’t take away

I still hear your boots on the porch Slow and steady like before That same old step in the gravel Right outside the door I know the world says you’re gone But my heart ain’t so sure Some nights the wind swears it’s you… Your boots on the porch

The old men say that memory Is a trail the soul can ride Where the ones we love keep walking Just beyond our sight So maybe every sunset When the shadows stretch and scorch You’re just passing by to see me With your boots on the porch

I still hear your boots on the porch Like a ghost of better days Through the creak of tired floorboards And the wind across the plains If heaven’s just another trail Somewhere past the storm Then wait for me down that road… With your boots on the porch

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