Porch Light

PORCH LIGHT

(Modern Country — Electric guitar, drums, bass, uptempo)

Verse 1

He grew up in a little town where everybody knew his name

But knowing everybody didn't keep him walking straight

The roots felt like they held him down so he hit that blacktop road

Told himself he'd never look back, never come back home

Pre-Chorus

He found himself out there somewhere between lost and found

Something got a hold of him and turned his whole world around

Chorus

He saw the porch light on from the end of the lane

Burning like it always had, yeah it never changed

He didn't know what he deserved but he knew what he'd been shown

Somebody left the light on — and he was finally coming home

Verse 2

He used to think that little town was everything gone wrong

But out there on his own he found out where he got his strong

Every hand that shaped him, every road that made him tough

Turned out all that growing up was more than enough

Pre-Chorus

He wasn't limping back with his tail between his legs

He was rolling in with wide open eyes and a heart full of grace

Chorus

He saw the porch light on from the end of the lane

Burning like it always had, yeah it never changed

He didn't know what he deserved but he knew what he'd been shown

Somebody left the light on — and he was finally coming home

Bridge

It wasn't the town that broke him

It was the town that built him strong

What he thought were chains around him

Were the roots that held on all along

And now he's standing at the end of that old gravel road

Not running from a single thing — just finally coming home

Final Chorus

He saw the porch light on from the end of the lane

Burning like it always had, yeah it never changed

He didn't know what he deserved but he knew what he'd been shown

Somebody left the light on

Yeah somebody left the light on

And he was finally — finally coming home