The Chair You Left Empty

Morning light through the curtains Dust hangs quiet in the air The coffee pot keeps breathing But you’re not sitting there That old chair by the window Still faces down the road Like it’s waiting for your shadow To carry half the load

Funny how a house remembers Every sound a man once made

There’s a chair you left empty By the fire and by my side Still holding all the stories All the years we let ride I swear some nights I see you In the flicker of the flame But the chair you left empty Still whispers your name

The fields are turning golden Like the autumns that we knew We swore we’d ride forever Like old outlaws sometimes do Your hat ain’t on the table Your laugh ain’t down the hall But every wall keeps telling me You never left at all

Some losses never shout They settle slow and deep

There’s a chair you left empty By the fire and by my side Still holding all the stories All the years we let ride I swear some nights I see you In the flicker of the flame But the chair you left empty Still whispers your name

Rome built statues out of marble For the heroes that it knew But the strongest men I ever saw Just wore boots like you No stone could hold your spirit No grave could take your claim The world keeps turning forward But nothing feels the same

There’s a chair you left empty But the heart don’t let you go Every memory you planted Still finds a way to grow And if heaven’s just another town Somewhere past the rain Save a seat beside you… Till we ride that trail again

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