Your Scent Is Still There

Intro

Instrumental

Interlude

(Oh-oh-oh...)

(The wind hits the porch of the old ranch... quiet. Just the sound of the evening breeze.)

Verse

Dust on the wooden floor, boots by the open door

The sun's going down on the prairie outside

I walked through the screen door, expecting your smile

Instead, there’s a silence that’s miles wide

A white envelope resting right there on the table

Ink still fresh, like your hand just let go

You said you needed a world I was never quite able

To give you... God, that hurts more than you know.

Chorus

And your (scent) is still there in the empty room

Lingerin' softly through the afternoon

I’m holding onto a ghost, I know it's not real

It’s the only thing left of the way you still feel

Oh, the house is too big and the night is so cold

With a million sweet stories we never got old...

Your scent is still there.(Still here...)

Verse 2

The coffee mug sits where you left it half-full

I haven't dared move it, it's losing its heat

The porch swing is creaking, it's pulling my heartstrings

Without your soft laughter down here on the street (farm)

The horses are restless, they're looking for you

Out by the fence where the wild roses grew

I stare at the horizon, where highway meets dust

Wondering how love turns into pure rust.

Bridge

Instrumental

(Yeah, time tries to wash it all away...)

The memories are fading like tracks in the clay

The pictures grow blurry, your face gets untied

Spoken words

(...but the air in this room won't let go of your pride.)

It’s just a trick of my mind, or an ache in my chest—

Hook

Ad-libs: Oh-oh, yeah, don't leave me this way...

You’re gone, but you're breathin' right here in my chest!

Chorus

And your (scent) is still there in the empty room

Lingerin' softly through the afternoon

I’m holding onto a ghost, I know it's not real

It’s the only thing left of the way you still feel

Oh, the house is too big and the night is so cold

With a million sweet stories we never got old...

Your scent is still there.

Interlude

Instrumental

(Breathe in... breathe out...)

Outro

Just the smell of your perfume, lingerin' on...

Even though, darling... you're already gone.

Spoken words

(I swear I can still smell you right here...)

Fade out