I Couldn't Tell

[Verse 1]

Morning came and I sat by the window

Watching the rain trace lines on the glass

You left a note on the kitchen table

Three small words I couldn't read past

[Pre-Chorus]

I could've called you back

I could've worn my heart out loud

But silence was the only sound

I knew how

[Chorus]

I couldn't tell you

I couldn't tell you then

When the words were standing right there at the door

I couldn't tell you

I couldn't tell you then

Now they're gone and they won't come back no more

[Verse 2]

Summer faded like a photograph

We kept in a drawer no one opens now

You asked me once if I believed in us

I turned away and I don't know how

[Pre-Chorus]

I should've said your name

I should've held the line

But I let the hour go

I let the light decline

[Chorus]

I couldn't tell you

I couldn't tell you then

When the words were standing right there at the door

I couldn't tell you

I couldn't tell you then

Now they're gone and they won't come back no more

[Bridge]

Maybe someday on a quiet street

I'll see your face in a stranger's eyes

And I'll open up my mouth to speak

And find the words still caught inside

[Chorus]

I couldn't tell you

I couldn't tell you then

When the words were standing right there at the door

I couldn't tell you

I couldn't tell you then

Now they're gone and they won't come back no more

[Outro]

Won't come back no more

Won't come back no more

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