Back to the Porchlight

[Verse 1]

Your truck’s still rusted in the side yard

Mailbox leans like it remembers my name

Mama’s old wind chime

Sings me back again

Screen door biting at my heels

Same porch

Same paint peeling in the rain

I trace my name

In the dust on the windowpane

[Chorus]

I’m coming back to the porchlight

Back to the gravel and the long dirt drive

Where every goodbye

Took its sweet time

I’m stomping hard on these floorboards

Holler my heart like I’m twenty-five

Every mile I roamed

Was just a circle home

[Verse 2]

Dad’s boots waiting by the wood stove

One lace broken

Hanging loose like a sigh

Granddad’s photo

Crooked on the wall

Watching time go by

Kitchen smells like Sunday supper

Coffee burnt

But it still tastes right

We talk ‘bout nothing

Just to stretch the night

[Chorus]

I’m coming back to the porchlight

Back to the gravel and the long dirt drive

Where every goodbye

Took its sweet time

I’m stomping hard on these floorboards

Holler my heart like I’m twenty-five

Every mile I roamed

Was just a circle home

[Bridge]

I left with a suitcase

Full of songs and pride (oh yeah)

Came back with a headache

And a heart I couldn’t hide

Guess every old story

Waits here in the dust

Calling my name

Till I finally trust

[Chorus]

I’m coming back to the porchlight

Back to the gravel and the long dirt drive

Where every goodbye

Took its sweet time

I’m stomping hard on these floorboards

Holler my heart like I’m still that child

Every mile I roamed

Was just a circle home

(just a circle home, hey!)