The Light You Leave On [Verse 1] There’s a quiet kind of love That doesn’t ask to be seen It’s the coffee in the morning And the in-between It’s the hand on a forehead When the fever climbs It’s the steady, it’s the patient It’s the every single time [Verse 2] You carry more than you let on And you wear it light You’re the reason this old house Feels right at night You don’t need the spotlight You don’t need the song But here’s one anyway For the light you leave on [Chorus] Oh, Mama, oh, Mama You’re the soft place when we land You’re the answer to the question We don’t always understand We were lucky from the start We just didn’t always know You’re the light, you’re the light You’re the light you leave on [Verse 3] Ruby’s got your laugh Nash has got your eyes And I’ve got the better half Of every compromise The prairie wind keeps moving And the years, they move along But you are the still water You are the song [Chorus] Oh, Mama, oh, Mama You’re the soft place when we land You’re the answer to the question We don’t always understand We were lucky from the start We just didn’t always know You’re the light, you’re the light You’re the light you leave on [Bridge] And if I had a hundred ways To say the same true thing I’d spend them all on you And still have more to sing [Outro – soft, almost spoken] Happy Mother’s Day, Jess From the three of us The light you leave on Is the one we come home to