[Verse 1]

There’s a pine box in the church

And my boots by the door

A picture of me by the flowers

And it’s my name sinking threw the floor

You kept your distance, baby

When the hard times came around

Now the casket’s in the front room

And you’re all looking down

[Pre-Chorus]

Don’t come here with your wet eyes

Don’t stand where I fell

You missed the long nights

So now you can keep your tears to yourself

[Chorus]

If you weren’t there then

Why bother to show up, or cry now

If you weren’t there then

Why bother to show up, or cry now

Just leave me restin’

Let this house breathe out

If you weren’t there then

Don’t bother to fucking crying now

[Verse 2]

You never brought no supper

Never knocked when the rain came hard

Never sat with the sickness

Never held that shaking card

Now you fill up this chapel

Like you knew my hurt all along

But love don’t show up late my friend

When the body’s cold and gone

[Pre-Chorus]

Don’t come here with your wet eyes

Don’t stand where I fell

You missed the long nights

So now you can keep your tears to yourself

[Chorus]

If you weren’t there then

Why bother to show up, or cry now

If you weren’t there then

Why bother to show up, or cry now

Just leave me to my peace and restin’

Let this house finally breathe out

If you weren’t there then

Don’t bother to fucking cry now

[Bridge]

Let the preacher talk low

Let the floorboards creak

Let the ones who stayed

Be the only ones who weep

I no longer carry this hurt

I will be buried with my broken pride

But don’t you dare make this some personal fucking show

At the end of my life

[Final Chorus]

If you weren’t there then

Why bother to show up, or cry now

If you weren’t there then

Why bother to show up, or cry now

Just leave me to my peace and restin’

Let this house finally breathe out

If you weren’t ever there then

Don’t bother to fucking cry now

If you weren’t ever there then

Don’t bother to fucking cry now