Keeping friends ( front porch promise )

Verse 1

It could be high noon or the dead of night,

Your hello sounds like a storm comin’ in too tight.

I’m already pullin’ on my boots,

‘Fore you can say the world’s gone wrong.

I see the dust on your shoulders,

And the cracks around your smile,

I ain’t leavin’ this front porch,

Till we’ve walked that extra mile.

Pre-Chorus

I’ll put the coffee on to perkin’,

You can tell me where it hurts,

We’ll sit here in the quiet,

Let the heavy turn to words.

Chorus

‘Cause I’m a keeper, not a leaver,

A believer, not a doubter,

When your world starts comin’ apart,

You’ll find me holdin’ it down.

Yeah, I don’t run when it gets harder,

I don’t fade when it gets rough,

Keepin’ friends don’t keep score,

They just keep showin’ up.

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Verse 2

I’ve seen your bad days turn to silence,

Watched you fight what you won’t say,

But I learned a long time ago,

Some storms don’t pass in a day.

So I’ll sit right here beside you,

Like a shadow in the light,

Not fixin’ all your broken,

Just makin’ sure you’re alright.

Pre-Chorus

Yeah, I’ll stay through the confusion,

When the noise won’t let you sleep,

I don’t need a reason,

To be the friend you keep.

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Chorus

‘Cause I’m a keeper, not a leaver,

A believer, not a doubter,

When your world starts comin’ apart,

You’ll find me holdin’ it down.

Yeah, I don’t run when it gets harder,

I don’t fade when it gets rough,

Keepin’ friends don’t keep score,

They just keep showin’ up.

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Bridge (Sung)

We don’t need perfect words tonight,

Just a hand that stays through the fight,

When the weight won’t let you stand,

I’ll be that steady in your sand.

No fixing what we can’t control,

Just two hearts not lettin’ go,

And if you break, I won’t leave,

I’ll be the strength you can believe.

Rap Verse)

Yeah, I seen you at your lowest, still standin’ in the rain,

Tryna hide the cracks while you smile through the pain.

But I ain’t here to judge it, I ain’t here to preach,

Just a voice on the porch when the silence gets too deep.

We don’t gotta fix it, we just gotta breathe,

Sometimes holdin’ on is everything we need.

So if the world gets heavy and you start to fall,

I’m that knock on your door when you don’t call at all.

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Final Chorus

‘Cause I’m a keeper, not a leaver,

A believer, not a doubter,

When your world starts comin’ apart,

You’ll find me holdin’ it down.

Yeah, I don’t run when it gets harder,

I don’t fade when it gets rough,

Keepin’ friends don’t keep score,

They just keep showin’ up.

Outro (Repeat & Fade)

Keepin’ friends don’t keep score, they just keep showin’ up…

Yeah, they just keep showin’ up…

When the night gets long and the world gets rough…

They don’t walk away, they don’t give up…

Keepin’ friends don’t keep score, they just keep showin’ up…

Just keep showin’ up…

Just keep showin’ up…