Verse 1 Porch light buzzin’ in the midnight air Screen door creaks like you’re still there There’s a coffee ring where your hand used to be I ain’t cleaned it up… I guess that’s on me Verse 2 I tell myself this house is just a house Just wood and nails and empty now But every room’s got somethin’ to say And it all sounds like your name Pre-Chorus I don’t know where you are tonight Or if you even think of me Chorus But I leave the light on Like I always did Just in case you get tired Of wherever you’ve been I ain’t sayin’ come back I ain’t sayin’ you’re wrong I’m just sayin’ if you need me I’ll leave the light on Verse 3 Neighbors talk, say let it go “You deserve better” — yeah, I know But love don’t pack up clean like that Some things linger… and some things last Pre-Chorus I don’t know if it’s over yet Or just somethin’ we walked away from Chorus So I leave the light on Like I always did Just in case you get tired Of wherever you’ve been I ain’t sayin’ come back I ain’t sayin’ you’re wrong I’m just sayin’ if you need me I’ll leave the light on Bridge (female) I ain’t waitin’ up… (male) but I ain’t turned it off (female) I let you go… (male) but not all the way gone Final Chorus I leave the light on Like I always did Just in case you get tired Of wherever you’ve been I ain’t sayin’ come back I ain’t sayin’ move on I’m just sayin’ if you need me I’ll leave the light on Tag Yeah… I’ll leave the light on