I Leave the Doorway Clear

[Verse 1]
I left the porch light on again
Though nobody said they’d come
The kettle clicks, the hallway holds
The shape of everyone
I’ve learned to fold my coat just so
To make the chair look full
And tell the morning, “Maybe today,”
Like asking makes it true

[Pre-Chorus]
I don’t need a grand arrival
I don’t need the whole sky changed
Just one small thing that stays awhile
And doesn’t ask me to explain

[Chorus]
Maybe happiness will find me here
With its shoes wet from the rain
Maybe it will knock without a reason
And sit down just the same
I’ve been waiting, not believing
Still I leave the doorway clear
Maybe happiness will find me here
Maybe it will find me here

[Verse 2]
The grocery bag split by the steps
Oranges rolled to the curb
A stranger stooped and handed one back
No speech, no perfect words
I carried that small kindness home
And set it by the sink
It wasn’t proof, it wasn’t fate
But it gave me room to think

[Pre-Chorus]
I don’t need a grand arrival
I don’t need the whole sky changed
Just one small thing that stays awhile
And doesn’t ask me to explain

[Chorus]
Maybe happiness will find me here
With its shoes wet from the rain
Maybe it will knock without a reason
And sit down just the same
I’ve been waiting, not believing
Still I leave the doorway clear
Maybe happiness will find me here
Maybe it will find me here

[Bridge]
If it comes in pieces, let it
A warm cup, a name remembered
A day I make it through without
Calling that a failure
If it comes late, let it come late
I can leave the lamp on low
I am tired, I am trying
There is still a place to go

[Final Chorus]
Maybe happiness will find me here
With its shoes wet from the rain
Maybe it will knock without a reason
And sit down just the same
I’ve been waiting, still believing
There’s a little room in here
Maybe happiness will find me here
Maybe it will find me here

[Outro]
I leave the doorway clear
I leave the doorway clear