I Miss You When We're Apart

Intro

Mm-mm, oh-oh, yeah

Soft porch light, soft guitar (mm)

Verse

Your old flannel hangs where you left it on the chair

Coffee mug still stained with the last of your dare

Truck keys on the counter like a question I can't ask

Your laugh in the hallway, a ghost in a photograph

I drive past the river where you taught me to fish

Pass the diner booth where we carved out our wish

Every little town sign spells your name to me

And every mile between us is a memory

Pre-chorus

The moon sits wide above this quiet town (so quiet)

I trace the outline of your name on the window down (oh)

Time's a slow train and I'm holding the ticket (I am)

Counting the moments till I'm back where you fit, yeah

Chorus

I miss you when we're apart, I miss you like rain (miss you, miss you)

I miss the way you say my name, pull me back again (pull me back)

I miss your hand on my slow burn, the way you keep me close (keep me close)

I miss you when we're apart, I miss you the most (mm-mm, oh)

Verse

Your hoodie on the heater, it still smells like you

The radio plays our song and I turn it up too loud

I set two plates for dinner though I'm eating alone

Leave the porch light on, 'cause I'm waiting for the road

My dog pads to the door like he's checking for your step

He lays down by the window where your shadow used to rest

Friends say I'm better, they say time will heal the scar

But loving you from a distance only makes it hard

Pre-chorus

The sky keeps changing, but it keeps you near (keeps you)

I call your number and I listen for the line to clear (for the line)

I wear your ring on a chain when I'm feeling brave (I'm brave)

Counting the miles that I need to cross back to your name

Chorus

I miss you when we're apart, I miss you like rain (miss you, miss you)

I miss the way you say my name, pull me back again (pull me back)

I miss your hand on my slow burn, the way you keep me close (keep me close)

I miss you when we're apart, I miss you the most (oh-oh, yeah)

Bridge

Turn the porch swing slow, think of how we used to sway (sway, sway)

Write your letters on my mirror in the steam of yesterday (yesterday)

Baby, I count the red tail lights until they fade from view (fade)

Every mile between us is a hundred little you (you, you)

Chorus

I miss you when we're apart, I miss you like rain (miss you, miss you)

I miss the way you say my name, pull me back again (pull me back)

I miss your hand on my slow burn, the way you keep me close (keep me close)

I miss you when we're apart, I miss you the most (mm-mm, oh)

Chorus

I miss you when we're apart, I miss you like rain (oh)

I miss the way you say my name, pull me back again (pull me back)

I miss your hand on my slow burn, the way you keep me close (yeah)

I miss you when we're apart, I miss you the most (I miss you the most)

Outro

Mm-mm, oh—

Porch light waits, I'll come home to you