Backdoor Light

You said you'd be back by Sunday night

But darling Sunday's lost its light

I've worn my red dress twice this week

Just hopin' your footsteps might speak

But all I hear is the wind and the rain

Knockin' soft like it knows my pain

So I leave my backdoor light burnin'

In case your shadow comes turnin'

It flickers like the faith I keep

Through nights too dark for me to sleep

If you're out there bruised and blind

My backdoor light's still tryin' to shine

Your cigarette's still in the tray

Ashes talkin' more than you say

I hum the tune you used to play

Low and slow like yesterday

The whiskey's warm the chair's still cold

This house got tired of feelin' old

But I keep my backdoor light burnin'

For the love I ain't done learnin'

Ain't no maps to where you roam

But I made this ache my home

If your soul still looks for mine

That backdoor light it's tryin' to shine

Some folks lock their doors at night

But I leave mine open to what feels right

Might be hurtin' might be wise

But I can't turn off love's old light

I still keep that backdoor light burnin'

Though the flame keeps on turnin'

If you walk or if you crawl

That dim glow forgives it all

And if you're gone for good that's fine

But that backdoor light

Was always mine