All I Ever Gave

Boots on the porch and dust on the floor

Counting all the things I thought were worth fighting for

Sun sets slow on a small town day

Sometimes the heart just won't look away

Quiet words hang heavy in the night

Echoes of all that I tried to make right

Sometimes, less is more, but I still give it all away

Dreams packed in boxes, love I always let you take

Mile by mile I watched you fade into the blue and gray

Guess in the end, all I ever gave was everything

Photographs in drawers gather years of dust

Promises and prayers that turned into rust

A stranger in the mirror wears my weary face

Running on hope that's always out of place

Memories linger just out of sight

Whispered wishes lost to the night

Sometimes, less is more, but I still give it all away

Dreams packed in boxes, love I always let you take

Mile by mile I watched you fade into the blue and gray

Guess in the end, all I ever gave was everything

If loving you meant losing me, I'd still make that trade

You can't miss the sun if you don't ever feel the rain

I hold on to nothing, but the echo of your name

Sometimes, less is more, but I still give it all away

Dreams packed in boxes, love I always let you take

Mile by mile I watched you fade into the blue and gray

Guess in the end, all I ever gave was everythingSo I leave my heart out on this old front porch

All I ever gave, and maybe a little more