[Lyric] An Empty Chair (Carrie Newcomer)

[VERSE 1]
I don't like people staring at me like I'm a roadside wreck
I don't wanna have to explain to the ones who rubberneck
I don't like that the mail with his name is still delivered here
I don't like where he used to be is now an empty chair

[VERSE 2]
My boy said, 'I don't want to sit down to dinner, it makes my stomach ache
I don't like he don't tuck me in, I don't want a birthday cake!'
When we both sit down to dinner, the ache is everywhere
I don't like where he used to be is now an empty chair

[Chorus]
And I close my eyes
And it hurts the same
When you least expect
Everything can change
Everything can change

[VERSE 3]
I don't want to keep my chin up and keep wondering what if
There are things you cannot get over you just learn to carry it
I don't wanna have to pack up his things that still are here
I just want where he used to be to not be an empty chair
[Chorus]
And I close my eyes
And it hurts the same
When you least expect
Everything can change
Everything can change

[BRIDGE]
There's an empty chair in the kitchen, there's a quiet in the house
People say that time will heal, but I have my doubts
There's a cold side in the bed and so I sleep downstairs
I don't want this empty chair

[VERSE 4]
I don't wanna see the T.V. cover one more tragedy
This is not another hard luck story, it happened to me
People sit around and lie to themselves 'til the tale becomes threadbare
The truth sounds like a gunshot and it looks like an empty chair

[Chorus]
And I close my eyes
And it hurts the same
When you least expect
Everything can change

[Chorus]
And I close my eyes
And it hurts the same
In a flash of light
Everything can change
Everything can change
Everything can change