"Empty House" lyrics

The Sun is setting sooner and the air is cooling down
All I need to know that it's been a year now
Since you told me I was great but you couldn't keep me
I was everything you wanted but nothing that you need
Now I'm burning cheap candles to hide the scent
Of this lonely room's air I'm breathing in
Lord how I wish we had a different end
Darlin' what I'd give to just to dance with you again

My father always told me when I's young
You don't need a woman to be happy son
But it seems here lately I've been awfully down
The walls are closing in in this empty house
And I don't sleep at night cause I'm drowning in my thoughts
About love that's yet to come and love already lost
I wonder if I'll ever get back again
To the soul that I was before I let you in

And I
Know I gotta give it some time
But time
Is something I just can't find
Since you
Left me out dry

I don't get drunk and I don't get stoned
Cause nothing ever good comes from drinking alone
The only drug I need is your company
Honey how I wish I could hold you in my sheets
And everybody's telling me I'm doing just fine
I just can't help but feel I'm running behind
I'm trying my best to forget your face
But it's the only thing that eases my pain

And I
Know I gotta give it some time
But time
Is something I just can't find
Since you
Left me out to dry

It took a little while but I'm back again
To the soul that I was before I let you in