I'm Still Waiting Son (Slow Rock)

I'm still waiting, son

Leave the porch light on at night

How you might lose your way

Your old blue jacket still lay right where you left it that day

Your coffee cup's still in the cabin

Though you never drank it black

Funny how a house stays standing

When a heart don't get that back

Every car that passes by

I hold my breath and close my eyes

I'm still waiting, son

Like the clock ain't moving on

Like the years just slipped

But never really gone

I'm still waiting, son

For the sound of your boots on the floor

For you to walk right through that door

I've got nothing left to run from

I'm still waiting, son

I replay that night a thousand times

The words I shouldn't have said

Pride can build a wall so high

It leaves love for dead

He said, "I just needed you"

I said, "You'll understand"

But understanding don't mean much

To a boy who needs his dad

Now this old house, it calls truth

I never rule my loss with you

I'm still waiting, son

Like forgiveness might outrun

All the damage done and undone

I'm still waiting, son

For a chance to make it right

To hold your hurt and not my pride

I'd trade these fading lungs

If it meant you'd come

I'm still waiting, son

But I feel the evening cold

And I don't know how much longer

I've got left to run, I'm still waiting, son

If you walk in, I'll stand

If you don't, I'll understand

But I'll whisper your name

'Til the good Lord calls me home

I'm still waiting, son

I'm still waiting, son