Porchlight Promises
Fluorescent tubes in the vending machine break-room glow
Two quarters dropped, buying something we both already know
He says he's gonna clean the back porch up and fix that
broken line
Knowing damn well we'll call it off before the sun can rise
But this is cheap-date devotion in the grocery aisle nine
Under safety-yellow banners, killing off our time
With the corner store carnations
and a discount sparkling wine Yeah,
we're making big plans,
honey, that we'll cancel by morning light
Oh, we're leaving it behind
Yeah, we're leaving it tonight
He watches through the screen door
as the neighbor's yellow light
Casts a long and crooked shadow
through the humid summer night
We whisper bout a highway
that we'll never actually ride
While the ice melts in our paper cups,
sitting side by side But this is cheap-date devotion in the grocery
aisle nine
Under safety-yellow banners, killing off our time
With the corner store carnations
and a discount sparkling wine Yeah,
we're making big plans,
honey, that we'll cancel by morning light
By morning light