Lyrics:

This is the first track off The Civil Wars' 2011 release Barton Hollow. Joy Williams would only elaborate on its meaning by saying, “It’s a secret of my family.” American Songwriter
There's a note underneath your front door
That I wrote twenty years ago
Yellow paper and a faded picture
And a secret in an envelope

There's no reasons, no excuses
There's no secondhand alibis
Just some black ink on some blue lines
And a shadow you won't recognize


In the meantime, I'll be waiting
For twenty years, twenty more
I'll be praying for redemption
And your note underneath my door
And your note underneath my door