Left Like Nothing

[Verse]
I was just a boy with a hopeful heart,
Trying hard to make my life a start,
But his shadow loomed too tall to chase,
And I never saw him smile at my face.
[Verse 2]
The old truck rumbled down the gravel lane,
Left me standing there in the cold, hard rain.
A suitcase packed with all I’d never be,
He didn’t even turn to wave at me.
[Chorus]
I can never do anything right,
Stumbled in the day, and tripped through the night.
Tried to build a bridge, but it burned somehow,
He left me behind like I’m nothing now.
[Verse 3]
Mama tried her best, but I saw the cracks,
In her heart, from the weight of what he packed.
I carved my worth in the work I’d done,
But no matter the trial, I’d never won.
[Bridge]
Every time I see his name, it stings,
A hollow man who handed me these things.
Wish I could say it don’t hurt no more,
But the wound still aches, like it did before.
[Verse 4]
Now I’ve got a boy with his mother’s eyes,
Smile pure as a Tennessee sunrise.
I promise, son, no storms’ll tear us apart,
You’ll always be a fire in my heart.

acoustic, male vocals, country, melancholic