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Verse 1

Sunrise finds me staring at the floor

Last night’s boots muddy by the door

Her coffee cup untouched since dawn

Told myself I wouldn't stay out long

Chorus

I let a good woman down last night

Told myself lies by the pale porch light

Cheap whiskey and excuses in my head

Now there’s cold sheets waiting in our bed

Post-Chorus

Oh, I know, I know what I’ve done

Oh, it weighs like a stone

Verse 2

Her picture’s staring from the window sill

Regret burning hotter than these Texas hills

I traded years for one foolish kiss

Now her love’s something I just can’t fix

Pre-Chorus

Forgiveness feels further than the county line

Sorry don’t mend a broken trust this time

Chorus

I let a good woman down last night

Told myself lies by the pale porch light

Cheap whiskey and excuses in my head

Now there’s cold sheets waiting in our bed

Post-Chorus

Oh, I know, I know what I’ve done

Oh, it weighs like a stone

Bridge

If I could turn back time to that old screen door

Would’ve left temptation right there on that floor

But I can’t rewind or set things right

I’m just a shadow passing through the night

Verse 3

Now it’s silent in this house we made

Every board creaks with the price I paid

Her ring’s on the counter, cold and still

Love slipped out somewhere down that hill

Chorus

I let a good woman down last night

Told myself lies by the pale porch light

Cheap whiskey and excuses in my head

Now there’s cold sheets waiting in our bed

Post-Chorus

Oh, I know, I know what I’ve done

Oh, it weighs like a stone

Outro

Dawn breaks slow through the cottonwood trees

Ghost of her laughter drifts in on the breeze

I pour one more cup that she'll never taste

Living with memories I can’t erase

Tears stain the letter I never sent

No way back from a life misspent

If I’m forgiven, lord only knows

But I hold her picture wherever I go