Summer on the Post

[Intro]
[Verse]
Gravel road leads me home
Screen door creaks on the bone
Dusty light on the floor
I don't live here anymore
But the pine smells the same
Whispering your old name
[Pre-Chorus]
Wipe the dust off the glass
Watch the long years pass
Sun is sinking low
Nowhere left to go
[Chorus]
Back in the summer of nineteen
Water was a deep emerald green
Found your words in the wood
Finally I understood
The letter was a secret sign
That you were never truly mine
But I’m stronger than I’ve been
Since the summer of nineteen
[Post-Chorus]
Oh the banjo rings clear
I can feel you near
But I’m letting it go
In the water’s slow flow
[Verse]
Walked out to the old dock
Time is ticking on the clock
Found a hole in the post
Hiding memories like a ghost
Paper’s yellow and thin
Where our story did begin
[Pre-Chorus]
Ink is starting to fade
In the cooling evening shade
But the message is clear
I have nothing to fear
[Chorus]
Back in the summer of nineteen
Water was a deep emerald green
Found your words in the wood
Finally I understood
The letter was a secret sign
That you were never truly mine
But I’m stronger than I’ve been
Since the summer of nineteen
[Bridge]
Let the pedal steel cry
To the wide open sky
Every regret is a stone
I’m better off on my own
Watching the ripples move along
Turning the sadness into a song
[Chorus]
Back in the summer of nineteen
Water was a deep emerald green
Found your words in the wood
Finally I understood
The letter was a secret sign
That you were never truly mine
But I’m stronger than I’ve been
Since the summer of nineteen
[Outro]