[Verse 1] I left your key by the sugar jar Still hear your boots on the kitchen floor Blue dish towel on the stove rail hanging Like you might come back through that door Your old cap's still on the hook by the sink Coffee ring on the pine table stain I wash that cup every Sunday morning Still tastes like your name and rain [Pre-Chorus] And I tried to be cool Tried to let it go But it sits in my ribs Like a nail too slow [Chorus] This heartache runs deep Deeper than the well This heartache runs deep And it tells on me so well I keep on smiling But I'm falling in the seam This heartache runs deep Like a river in my chest, baby [Verse 2] Mama said, "Girl, don't you chase that shadow" But the shadow got your laugh in it I heard your truck on the gravel Friday Turned out it was just the wind again I burned that note in the backyard ashtray Watched your words curl up and bend Still the smoke drew your face on the cedar And I cried till the dark gave in [Pre-Chorus] And I tried to be steel Tried to stand on stone But this hurt got hands And it knows my bones [Chorus] This heartache runs deep Deeper than the well This heartache runs deep And it tells on me so well I keep on smiling But I'm falling in the seam This heartache runs deep Like a river in my chest, baby [Bridge] Now the moon hits that porch like a pardon And the porch swing sings by itself I say your name to the empty milk glass Like a prayer I can't send to no one else Oh, I been strong for a minute Strong as a door with a broken hinge But every time I reach for forever It cuts me open on the edge of the thing [Chorus] This heartache runs deep Deeper than the well This heartache runs deep And it tells on me so well I keep on smiling But I'm falling in the seam This heartache runs deep Like a river in my chest, baby [Outro] River in my chest Won't let me rest River in my chest You live in the ache, baby