Too Short to Call

We were standing in the hallway,

you were laughing at a friend

I had something in my pocket

that I never got to send

You looked down the way down people do

Like I was a shadow,

not a view

I knew before you said it,

felt it in your eyes

The way you'd answer questions

with a little sigh

I rehearsed a thousand speeches,

dressed my heart in pride

But love don't ask how tall you are,

it just slides So I'm singing to the ceiling

of a room that's way too small

Trying to sing the inches out of my

heart

I loved you, girl,

and that was all

You just looked at me like I was small

I loved you, girl,

and that was all

But love don't reach me,

I'm too short for your call

Maybe if I stood a little taller

Maybe then you'd hear me when I talk But I loved you,

girl, and that was all

And you walked away like I was

nothing at all

(nothing at all)

Now I see you out at parties,

you're with someone tall

He's got your hand like

it's his whole world

I smile and say congratulations

Then go home and talk to my guitar

My mama used to tell me,

son, don't measure up too high

But she never told me

what to do with all this why

Is it really just the numbers,

or am I not enough

'Cause I'd trade every inch I got just to see you laugh

at me

So I keep this song for you,

though you'll never hear it play

A love that never grew tall enough to stay

Someday I'll tell my younger self That love was never measured by

a shelf

You were never short,

you were just not hers And that's the hardest thing

a heart can say

I loved you, girl,

and that was all And maybe that was enough after all

I loved you, girl,

and that was all No inches ever mattered when it's real

So I'll sing this to the ceiling of a room that's way

too small And let the guitar hold what my heart can't hold

I loved you, girl,

and that was all And I'm walking on,

though it still hurts to fall (mmmmm)