If You Stayed

[Verse 1]
If you stayed, we’d have rocked that old porch swing,
Watched fireflies dance, heard the crickets sing.
If you stayed, we’d have carved our names in the oak,
A little house, a little hope, wrapped in the life we spoke.
[Chorus]
If you stayed, we’d have had that firstborn cry,
A picket fence under a Tennessee sky.
If you stayed, we’d have chased dreams down the lane,
Made good memories to ease the pain.
But you didn’t, and I’m lost in this life without you.
[Verse 2]
If you stayed, there’d be coffee in the early light,
Your laughter echoing through the quiet night.
If you stayed, there’d be muddy boots by the door,
A life we dreamed of, nothing less, nothing more.
[Prechorus]
But the wind carries whispers I can’t outrun,
A hollow tune of what we’ve left undone.
[Chorus]
If you stayed, we’d have had that firstborn cry,
A picket fence under a Tennessee sky.
If you stayed, we’d have chased dreams down the lane,
Made good memories to ease the pain.
But you didn’t, and I’m lost in this life without you.
[Bridge]
Now the bed’s too big, and the house too still,
Every shadow’s a ghost I can’t kill.
The future’s a stranger, the past won’t let go,
If you stayed, maybe I’d still know.

heartfelt, country, male vocals, acoustic-driven