The Porch Light

There's a grocery store where the hardware was

A traffic light where we used to stop

I drove past the field behind the high school

They're building houses on the empty lots

I swore this town was way too small Back when eighteen felt

ten feet tall Funny how a place can look so different When

you've been gone this long

I turned down my old street

Just to see what had changed

Then I saw that little yellow light Shining through the rain

The porch light's still on

Like I never left home

Like all those miles between here and there Didn't change where I

belong

I spent half my life leaving Now I'm sitting in the drive

And the porch light's still on

Like it knew I'd come back tonight

Dad's old ladder's leaning by the shed

Mom's wind chimes hanging where they always did

There's a crack along the second step

I still know exactly where it is

I can see myself at seventeen One hand on the wheel,

one eye on a dream

Thinking everything I wanted Had to be somewhere I'd never been

Now the engine's barely running

And I haven't moved an inch

There's a shadow at the curtain

And I know exactly who it is

The porch light's still on

Like I never left home

Like all those miles between here and there Didn't change where I

belong

I spent half my life leaving Now I'm sitting in the drive

And the porch light's still on

Like it knew I'd come back tonight (tonight) Maybe home ain't where

you stayed

Maybe it's the place That leaves a light for you No matter

how long you're away

The porch light's still on

And the front door opens slow All those miles between here and

there Don't feel so far anymore

I spent half my life leaving Just to finally realize Why the

porch light

stayed on

All those nights Yeah,

the porch light's still on

Tonight