The One You Gave Me

Lyrics

[Verse 1] I saw her suitcase by the kitchen chair A coffee cup gone cold beside it there She said, “I hope you find what you’re looking for” Then turned the handle on the front door I had a thousand words, but none came out Pride held the lock while she walked out Her taillights faded past the county line And every mile became a warning sign [Pre-Chorus] I can’t undo the hurt I left behind Can’t ask the past to give me back her time [Chorus] Lord, if mercy still can find a man like me Teach my heart what love was meant to be I let the one You gave me slip away Now I’m down here learning how to pray If she’s somewhere under Your wide-open sky Keep her safe, even if she’s not mine And if grace can raise what pride laid low Make me someone she would never need to know [Verse 2] Her picture’s still tucked in the glove-box door The kind of smile I don’t deserve anymore I pass the diner where we used to meet And hear her voice in the empty passenger seat I won’t invent excuses for the blame A sorry doesn’t wash away a name Some doors are closed because of what I chose Some lessons bloom from every road that goes [Pre-Chorus] I can’t undo the hurt I left behind Can’t ask the past to give me back her time [Chorus] Lord, if mercy still can find a man like me Teach my heart what love was meant to be I let the one You gave me slip away Now I’m down here learning how to pray If she’s somewhere under Your wide-open sky Keep her safe, even if she’s not mine And if grace can raise what pride laid low Make me someone she would never need to know [Guitar Solo Bridge] [Instrumental guitar solo] [Bridge] I used to think forgiveness meant she’d return Now I know it means I face what I’ve learned So I’ll carry this truth wherever I go: Love is a gift, not a thing you own [Final Chorus] Lord, if mercy still can find a man like me Teach my heart what love was meant to be I let the one You gave me slip away Now I’m down here learning how to pray If she’s somewhere under Your wide-open sky Keep her safe, even if she’s not mine And if grace can raise what pride laid low Make me someone worthy of the love I let go [Outro] I let her go, but I won’t waste what it taught me I let her go, Lord, keep changing what you oughta see