Long I Stayed

Verse 1

I packed my bag before the sun came up

Mama's kettle still humming on the stove

Seven years I gave you every single morning

Now I'm standing in the doorway with my coat

I don't slam it

I don't scream

I just leave the latch undone

Pre-Chorus

You'll wake to find the pillow cold

And the closet half as full

You'll call my name into the hall

And hear it bounce off nothing at all

Chorus

I'm leaving

I'm leaving

Not running

Just going

I'm leaving

I'm leaving

And I hope you never know how long I stayed

Post-Chorus

Oh-oh oh-oh

Go-oh-oh

Oh-oh oh-oh

Go

Verse 2

The taxi driver asks me where I'm headed

I say anywhere the road forgets your name

He nods like he has carried broken people

And turns the radio up soft against my shame

Accra morning

Palm trees lean

Every mile a little lighter

Pre-Chorus

I left the note beneath the sugar bowl

Three words I couldn't say out loud

You'll read it when the kettle starts to sing

And realize I was already gone

Chorus

I'm leaving

I'm leaving

Not running

Just going

I'm leaving

I'm leaving

And I hope you never know how long I stayed

Post-Chorus

Oh-oh oh-oh

Go-oh-oh

Oh-oh oh-oh

Go

Bridge

Maybe I'll miss the way you laughed

Maybe I won't

Maybe I'll call you in a year

Probably I won't

I gave you patient

Gave you kind

Gave you everything but mine

Chorus

I'm leaving

I'm leaving

Not running

Just going

I'm leaving

I'm leaving

And I hope you never know how long I stayed

Post-Chorus

Oh-oh oh-oh

Go-oh-oh

Oh-oh oh-oh

Go