Walked Away Slow

Verse 1

Your suitcase by the door

Sitting there like Sunday's ghost

I traced the maple grain

While you fixed your coat

The screen door's rusty hinge

Sang your name the whole way through

I watched your taillights drift

Down the road I once knew

Pre-Chorus

And I stood there on the porch

Where the winter wind bites cold

Wishing I could hold you one more time

Chorus

You walked away slow

Like the river takes the rain

And I'm standing in the yard

Trying to memorize your name

Gone before the sun could set

Gone before I found the words

You walked away slow

And I let you go unheard

Verse 2

The mailbox's still full

Of letters I wrote to you

I never sent a one

Guess I thought we'd make it through

The barn's got a new hole

Where the storm came through last spring

Funny how I fix the roof

But I can't fix a thing

Pre-Chorus

And I'm holding your old shirt

Smelling like our old cologne

Wishing I had said the words before

Chorus

You walked away slow

Like the river takes the rain

And I'm standing in the yard

Trying to memorize your name

Gone before the sun could set

Gone before I found the words

You walked away slow

And I let you go unheard

Bridge

(Let you go) Let you go down that gravel road

(Let you go) With nothing but your pride

(Let you go) I should've chased you down

(Let you go) But I just stood inside

Chorus

You walked away slow

Like the river takes the rain

And I'm standing in the yard

Trying to memorize your name

Gone before the sun could set

Gone before I found the words

You walked away slow

And I let you go unheard

Outro

(Mm) Unheard

(Mm-hmm) I let you go

(Mm) Unheard