"Empty House" lyrics

Sitting on the floor alone
Hoping that you might come over
So that I can find a way
To make it up to you somehow

Waking up with growing pains
All the words I didn't say
And the ones I wish I had
Standing right in front of the empty house I call my head

When we first met
You couldn't put the pen down
Now you got other things
That you write all of your books about
And you know that I would
Give you all my love if you'd let me
Yeah the feeling's strong
But you're too scared to let yourself be free

Hanging clothes up on the porch
There's a t-shirt that I always wore
Ripped up from the night in Georgia
When you tore it off of me in the backseat of your Ford
Now you can't even afford to kiss me

But when we first met
You couldn't put the pen down
Now you got other things
That you write all of your books about
And you know that I would
Give you all my love if you'd let me
Yeah the feeling's strong
But you're too scared to let yourself be free

And I wonder if you think of me in bed late at night
But do I even take up space inside your head like you do in mine
And when people ask me how you've been I always say you're doing fine
But the truth is I don't really know and I haven't for some time

But when we first met
I couldn't put the pen down
Now you got other things
That I write all of my songs about
And you know that I would
Give you all my love if you'd let me
I was holding on to somebody I wanted you to be
So I hope that you found somebody who gives you need
Cause we both know that sure as hell could never have been me