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Three Doors Down Left His Gate Open

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[Intro]

[Verse 1]
The AC choked and the whole street went dark,
last warm night before the cold sets in.
I pressed my nose to the glass and watched
old Mr. Dale come out to the wind.
He dragged a folding chair to the grass,
set a radio down, batteries and all.

[Pre-Chorus]
He hasn't said much since the spring,
kept his gate shut, kept to the porch light.
But the porch light's gone with everything —
and something's opening tonight.

[Chorus]
The grid went down and three doors down left his gate open,
and one by one the neighbors drifted in.
No fridge hum, no phone glow, just faces in the low glow,
finding him out there again.

[Verse 2]
The Ruiz kids came with a jar of ice,
the couple upstairs brought a couple chairs.
He turned the dial to an old slow song
and pretended he didn't need them there.
But I saw his shoulders come back down,
saw him laugh at something someone said.

[Pre-Chorus]
He hasn't looked this loose in a year,
like the quiet finally let him go.
The stars came out where the streetlights were,
and the whole block started to show.

[Chorus]
The grid went down and three doors down left his gate open,
and one by one the neighbors drifted in.
No fridge hum, no phone glow, just faces in the low glow,
finding him out there again.

[Bridge]
Come on, Mr. Dale, don't go back inside,
the yard's still warm and they're still around.
You don't have to fix it, you don't have to hide —
you just had to leave the gate down.

[Final Chorus]
The grid went down and three doors down left his gate open,
and one by one the neighbors drifted in.
No fridge hum, no phone glow, just faces in the low glow (low glow),
finding him out there again.
(Finding him, finding him)
He's letting himself be found again.

[Outro]

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