Lyrics

**Verse 1**
I took the long way home last evening
Though I knew where that road would lead
My hands kept turning that old steering wheel
Toward the place you used to wait for me

Your porch light was still burning
Those curtains were open wide
And for one foolish little moment
I wondered if you were still mine

Then I saw two shadows moving
One was yours, one wasn’t me
And the truth came through that window
Clearer than I wanted it to be

**Chorus**
I drove past your house, baby
And almost stopped the car
My heart said, “Go knock on that doorway”
But my pride said, “You’ve gone too far”

I drove past your house, darling
Saw somebody standing where I stood
I wanted to keep on looking
But I knew it wouldn’t do me good

So I pressed my foot down harder
And let that old street disappear
But I drove past your house, baby
And left a piece of me back there

**Verse 2**
I remembered painting that front room
You laughed when I spilled blue on the floor
We argued over where the couch should sit
Then made up right beside that door

I remembered Sunday mornings
You humming while you fixed my plate
I never knew those little moments
Would become the things I’d miss this way

I took your love for something permanent
Like the sunrise owed me every day
Now another man is living in the future
That I was careless enough to throw away

**Chorus**
I drove past your house, baby
And almost called your name
But a man can’t ask for yesterday
After he’s the one who made it change

I drove past your house, darling
Saw his coat hanging by the door
And I finally understood
I don’t live in your heart anymore

**Bridge**
Did you tell him how I failed you?
Did you tell him how you cried?
Did you tell him I kept saying “later”
Till your love ran out of time?

I hope he listens when you’re hurting
I hope he knows what silence means
I hope he guards the trust you give him
Better than I guarded our dreams

And if he ever makes you lonely
I pray he wakes before it’s late
Because regret is one long highway
And every mile remembers your face

**Final Chorus**
I drove past your house, baby
But this time I didn’t slow
I let the light inside your window
Become something I had to let go

I drove past your house, darling
With both hands trembling on the wheel
Some wounds don’t stop hurting
Just because a man knows how to heal

So I kept driving through the darkness
Till your street was far behind
But every road I take without you
Still runs straight across my mind

**Outro**
I won’t drive past there tomorrow
I won’t punish myself again
You found a life beyond my mistakes
And I’ve got to let your new life begin

But tonight I drove past your house, baby
And saw what losing you really cost
You didn’t just leave me standing
I’m still driving through what I lost.