Last Key Turn

[Verse 1] Box by box, I got the porch light low My name on the wall where the old marks show Crayon line by the frame, I was short back then Now I’m bending down to fit my past again Loose floorboard creak where the penny rolled That hiding spot kept a lot untold In the hall, moms’ coat still knows my shape Even gone for years, it still keeps the weight [Pre-Chorus] Every corner got a movie in it Every scratch got a story in it I touch that door, I feel ten years old But the truck outside says let it go [Chorus] Goodbye, old house, goodbye You kept my whole life inside Goodbye, old house, goodbye I’m taking the ache and the light (bye-bye, old house) (bye-bye, old house) [Verse 2] Backyard fence got a crooked lean Same rusted latch, same patched-up screen I can still hear bikes on the broken lane And summer rain on the windowpane Kitchen tile where the glass once broke Dad laughed hard, then the whole room woke Every stain on the step got a name Every empty chair still plays the game [Pre-Chorus] Every corner got a movie in it Every scratch got a story in it I turn that key and I feel both ways Like leave or stay is the same old pain [Chorus] Goodbye, old house, goodbye You kept my whole life inside Goodbye, old house, goodbye I’m taking the ache and the light (bye-bye, old house) (bye-bye, old house) [Bridge] If these walls could talk, they’d say go They watched me grow, then watched me know That home ain’t brick, it’s the hands that held It’s the stories we can’t retell So I close the door real slow Leave my ghost where the warm rooms go [Chorus] Goodbye, old house, goodbye You kept my whole life inside Goodbye, old house, goodbye I’m taking the ache and the light (bye-bye, old house) (bye-bye, old house)