If You Would've Stayed

I guess there's a reason things happen like they do

There's a little boy in Georgia still waiting on the truth

Yeah the seasons they all came and went

While I waited on that front porch hoping I'd see you again

Maybe driving by to see all that you have missed

You should've seen first grade

Should've seen the first home run I made

You should've seen the way that my big brother

Stepped up to take your place

You could've been the hero

Instead I had to make it on my own

I can't help but think how proud you'd be today

If you would've stayed

Thank God and Mama for always being there

From keeping me from knowing that you probably didn't cared

I forgive you cause that's the way that I was raised

But there's a whole lonely I still carry to this day

When I'm looking back on all times we could've had

You'd loved the girl I married

And the babies that we made

I'm still trying to wrap my heart around

Why you walked away