Song Description
Short story about a child leaving the nest.
| Song Length |
3:42 |
Genre |
Country - General |
| Tempo |
Medium Slow (91 - 110) |
Lead Vocal |
Female Vocal |
| Mood |
Poignant |
Subject |
Heartbreak, Telephone |
| Similar Artists |
Amy Grant, Shania Twain |
Language |
English |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
You bags were packed for days and hidden in the closet
The tickets for the bus kept somewhere out of sight
You crawled from bed and dressed quietly in the moonlight
With shoes in hand you pressed toward dreams you kept inside
Shut the door
Leave the note
Peek down the hallway
Tip toe through the ghosts of memories
Turn the latch
Silently
Step through the doorway
Cross the line that leaves you further from me
Than I want you to be
And now you're gone
I laid awake for nights listening for the front door
The rustling from your room brought me out of bed
I saw the car pull up from inside my window
With bags in hand, you left leaving us behind
Chorus
All I wanted was for you to have everything
And anything you desired
All I wanted was for you to be free to choose that life for you
To cross the line that leaves you further from me
Than I want you to be
And now you're gone