Home for Fall

So much has changed back home since you left without packing all your things I always drive past your house, hoping you'll be sitting on your porch And I still smell the smoke on your clothes And I can still hear those second-hand stories fall off your tongue It's just not the same around here without you Most of the time I feel like you're in over your head out there You ran away from the Midwest and traded it in for beaches and East Coast sunsets Don't take in too much too soon Keep your chin up out there Don't forget where you came from and who cares about you Whenever you're missing home, just look at your arm You've got the state lines inked into your forearm There's still memories of you pinned on my wall It's just not the same around here without you Most of the time I feel like you're in over your head out there You ran away from the Midwest and traded it in for beaches and East Coast sunsets Don't take in too much too soon Maybe you'll be here next year to waste the fall away Watching the leaves blow across my driveway And we could listen to American football or talk about high school Just like we did the years before