Memory Keeps Me Here

[Intro] Soft rain on the window, and the clock keeps time I whisper your name like a old postcard line [Verse 1] I carry your shadow in the corners of my room Your jacket on the chair still smells like June I talk to the photograph, I call you in my dreams But morning comes with silence where your voice used to be [Pre-Chorus] If I could turn back the hands, I’d borrow just one more day Tell you I’m trying, Daddy, to find my own way [Chorus] I’m learning to breathe without your laughter near me Learning to stand when the night won’t let me sleep softly daddy, I miss you, but I’m not alone in this storm Your memory guides me home when the heart grows worn [Verse 2] I write your name in the dust on the kitchen door Painted skies in the window, I’m still looking for more I keep your old songs spinning, I hum along through the tears In every note I hear your courage, echoing through the years [Pre-Chorus] If I could turn back the hands, I’d borrow just one more day Tell you I’m trying, Daddy, to find my own way [Chorus] I’m learning to breathe without your laughter near me Learning to stand when the night won’t let me sleep softly Daddy, I miss you, but I’m not alone in this storm Your memory guides me home when the heart grows worn [Bridge] Someday I’ll tell you all the dreams I kept inside You’d smile from the stars, and I’d know you’re by my side [Chorus] I’m learning to breathe without your laughter near me Learning to stand when the night won’t let me sleep softly Daddy, I miss you, but I’m not alone in this storm Your memory guides me home when the heart grows worn [Outro] Till then I’ll hold your coat of love, and let it keep me warm Until we meet again, where quiet skies perform