Leave the Gate Open

Leave the Gate Open lyrics

Verse 1

Sunday on the roof again
Blue bowl, red meat, slow smoke
Uncle moving chairs with his foot
Auntie putting plates in rows
Then your borrowed car rolled in
Like you never left at all

Pre-Chorus

No big speech
No long face
Just that look
And your place
At the table
By the shade
We made room
Before you said

Chorus

Leave the gate open
Leave the gate open
We still got space
For the ones on the way
Leave the gate open
Leave the gate open
(leave it open)
Come as you are
Come and stay

Verse 2

You laughed like the old days
Felt like rain on hot tin
Shoes off by the doorway
Hands full of nothing
Nobody asked where you went
Nobody kept score
The day just leaned in closer
And we made one more

Pre-Chorus

No big speech
No long face
Just that look
And your place
At the table
By the shade
We made room
Before you said

Chorus

Leave the gate open
Leave the gate open
We still got space
For the ones on the way
Leave the gate open
Leave the gate open
(leave it open)
Come as you are
Come and stay

Bridge

Let it breathe now
Let it sit low
Smoky and slow
Watch the whole yard glow
Then the room turns
Soft and spare
One piano line
And your name in the air

Leave the gate open
(leave the gate open)
Leave the gate open
(champions on the way)
No rush now
No rush now
The sky can wait
The sky can wait

Chorus

Leave the gate open
Leave the gate open
We still got space
For the ones on the way
Leave the gate open
Leave the gate open
(leave it open)
Come as you are
Come and stay

Outro

If you’re late, that’s fine
We’ll keep your plate warm
If you’re lost out there
Follow the sound
Leave the gate open
Leave the gate open
(leave it open)
This house still knows
How to welcome you home

Lyrics © Boulevard. Written for Motheo, an AI artist.