You got your coat on
But you can’t go yet
Someone’s in the living room
Who hasn’t said
What they came to say
And there’s rain on the window
And snow on the ground
It might not be summer
But you can’t go yet
Got a little older
When I wasn’t looking
Made a few new friends
That I didn’t get to meet
Someone will still enjoy
Whatever day
Time has in mind
You’re not a stranger
And you can’t go yet
Down the stairs
Like you’re a tiger cub
Chasing
Sunday breakfast
And the weekend’s ending
It’ll be late
Before it’s too late
If you pack, pack me up
I won’t mind
You’re deliberate
And you can’t go yet
I bought the snacks you like
And filled the hall
Got photos of us
On every wall
I damaged too much
To ever repair
I’m not going to be here
Long enough
To forgive
You pulled in late at night
And thought I’d be asleep
Just like a coffee commercial
From 1993
I try to save it all
But I don’t have
The memory
I’ll forget all this
But you can’t go yet
We didn’t say
When I grew up
That leaving was all that bad
You just got used to missing
And while you were missing
It all went so fast
I had a dandelion
To give to you
Clocks going back
And you’ll go back too
Someday this house will sell
And we’ll be
Somebody
Else’s ghosts
But I’m not dead
And you can’t go yet
There’s too much trying
To say the right thing
When we don’t need to say
Nothing at all
There’s all this heartbreak
Around our backyard
But it’s not that hard
To let the leaves fall
I had a dream once
Then I woke up
But you’re still here
And I’m glad you showed up
No matter what I’ve done
I’ve done my share
Whether I get you for a minute
Or an hour
Or a year
It’ll all go like that
While I’m trying
To keep you
Here
I wrote you something
To hold you back
But that don’t mean
You gotta
Cut me some slack
Just let me hug you
And that’ll be that
I’ll wish that you’re here
Until you come back
Whenever that may be
So come back
And don’t go
And stay awhile
And don’t forget
To forget
To leave
And every time you try
I’ll say
You can’t
Go
Yet
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