Lyrics
[verse]
Tour bus rolling, city lights a blur again
Phone rings, it's my little girl, sounding closer than she's ever been
"Daddy when you coming home, the porch light's on for you"
I say soon, baby, soon, but soon keeps sliding out of view
Fifteen cities in a month, my name up on the marquee
Standing in a hallway full of strangers cheering hard for me
But the picture in my wallet's getting worn out at the fold
Every year that passes by, she's a little less six years old
[chorus]
When I'm gone, will she still know my face
When I'm gone, will she save me a place
I keep chasing every light until the mirror's cracked
Tell me how I win the world and still find my way back
When I'm gone, when I'm gone
[verse]
Momma calls and says she's crying, asking where her father's at
I'm in a green room eating catered food, and man, it's crazy that
The same hands that used to catch her when she jumped off the porch
Are the same ones signing autographs under a spotlight's torch
I remember promising I'd never be like mine
Gone before the sun came up, gone past the bedtime line
Now I catch myself in airports missing every recital
Trophy case at home is full, but my chair stays denial
[chorus]
When I'm gone, will she still know my face
When I'm gone, will she save me a place
I keep chasing every light until the mirror's cracked
Tell me how I win the world and still find my way back
When I'm gone, when I'm gone
[bridge]
So I'm cancelling the run, I'm cutting the tour short
Packing up the bags, headed home before the storm
Gonna sit at the table, gonna learn her favorite song
Gonna be the dad she needed all along
No stage worth more than bedtime, no crowd worth more than this
One more year of chasing ghosts, I wasn't built to miss
[chorus]
When I'm gone, will she still know my face
When I'm gone, will she save me a place
I keep chasing every light until the mirror's cracked
Tell me how I win the world and still find my way back
When I'm gone, when I'm gone
