The Love Stays

Intro

(Check)

(Yeah)

(It’s for the ones we lost)

(La Musica de Harry Fraud)

Verse 1

Heavy

Leather gloves

Hung up in the locker room

Sweat turns to salt on the floor

I remember

Old men with cigars

Teaching me how to pivot on the left foot

The gym on Fourth Street is a luxury condo now

Gone

Just like the legends

Ali floated out of the ring

Into the clouds

Left us with the rumble

My father had the same hands

Large

Strong

Steady

He built the porch where I learned to breathe

Chorus

The love stays

Even when the house is empty

The love stays

Buried in the dirt like a seed

The love stays

Walking through the city without them

It never leaves

No

It never leaves

It never leaves

Verse 2

Rain

Tapping on the glass

I keep the picture in the visor

Sun faded the colors

But I still see his smile

I miss the way he peeled an orange

One long spiral

Perfect

Patient

Everything he did had a rhythm

My brothers fell to the street corner

Too fast

Too soon

Too young

They never saw the garden grow

I carry the water for them

Every single day

I carry the heavy bucket

I keep the soil wet

Chorus

The love stays

Even when the house is empty

The love stays

Buried in the dirt like a seed

The love stays

Walking through the city without them

It never leaves

No

It never leaves

It never leaves

Bridge

Louisville is crying tonight

The violins are weeping for the champions

The strings are pulling at the memories

We didn't say it enough

While you were here

We didn't give the flowers

While you could smell them

I'm giving them now

I'm laying them down

Verse 3

Empty

The chair at the table

The silence is a heavy coat

I wear it well

I walk through the park

Thinking about the advice I ignored

Wish I could hear it one more time

Just the gravel in his voice

The way he said my name

But the warmth is in my chest

A pilot light that won't go out

I am his son

I am his pride

I am the ghost of the gym

Chorus

The love stays

Even when the house is empty

The love stays

Buried in the dirt like a seed

The love stays

Walking through the city without them

It never leaves

No

It never leaves

It never leaves

Outro

Keep the light on

For the ones who can't come home

The love stays

(Yeah)

(Harry Fraud)

(It never leaves)

(Gone but never forgotten)

(Louisville)

(Rest easy)