Porch Light Riot

Four PM in the lobby now

Suitcases spinning while the desk clerks bow

But down the alley where the houses align You're flipping the switch

on a different sign That porch light glows in the afternoon Too

early for the sun,

too late for the moon And now the walls begin to hum

You turn it up

past polite (yeah) Burning a hole in the shift-change night

Leave the porch light on

Let the music play

We are working until the dawn While they wash the day away

(wash it away!)

Paper cups and the front desk keys While you blast those static-heavy

melodies

The neighbor laughs from a second floor window

Watching the lobby lights drop low We live inside of the crossover

hour

Leave the porch light on

Let the music play

We are working until the dawn While they wash the day away

(wash it away!)