Bones on My Tongue

I still reach for the phone when the night gets cold Then

I remember your number don't work no more Got your voice in

my head, got your coat by the door And a thousand little

questions I can’t ignore You left me with a silence that is

louder than drums Everybody says time,

but the time never comes I got anger in my chest,

got your name in my lungs Wish I could tell you what

your son has become

They say you’re in a better place,

I hate that line

’Cause the better place I want is right here,

by mine

Pop, I miss you,

and I’m mad you had to go

I keep talking to the sky,

but it never talks back though

Pop, I miss you,

every day it hits me new

I got all this love and nowhere left to put it but

in this tune

I remember your hands,

all the work in the skin All the lessons you gave me,

all the fights we were in Now I’m carrying your name like

a weight and a win Trying not to break down when the

memories begin I’m angry at the clock,

at the doctors, at fate At the words people use when they

show up too late I would trade every bar,

every check, every stage For five more minutes with you,

just to say what I couldn’t say

They say you’re in a better place,

I hate that line

’Cause the better place I want is right here,

by mine

Pop, I miss you,

and I’m mad you had to go

I keep talking to the sky,

but it never talks back though

Pop, I miss you,

every day it hits me new

I got all this love and nowhere left to put it but

in this tune

If heaven has a doorway,

leave it open tonight

I got questions in my pocket and your picture in the light

I won’t say I’m okay just to make people feel fine You’re

gone,

but you’re still walking every step of mine

Pop, I miss you,

and I’m mad you had to go

Still I hear you in my rhythm

when I’m moving through the low

Pop, I miss you,

this is all I know to do

Turn the hurt into a heartbeat,

send this song up to you

I miss you, Pop

I’m still here

I’m still trying