[Verse 1]
Red clay dust on my tailgate
Boots kicked off on the stoop
Screen door slappin’ that evening air
Dog snorin’ by my two old boots
Ten acres out past the blacktop
Rust-worn wire runnin’ the line
Swing chains creak on that front porch beam
Like a slow heartbeat keepin’ time
[Chorus]
Give me these winding dirt roads
Low and long
Ten acres of quiet where I belong
Wire fence leanin’
Silver in the dawn
Front porch swing where the day drifts on
Yeah
The world keeps callin’ from way out there
But I got all I need right here
On these winding dirt roads and ten good acres strong
On this old front porch swing
I’m home
[Verse 2]
Cornbread coolin’ on the window
Sweet tea sweat on the rail
Banjo hummin’ in my weathered hands
While that steel guitar just wails
[Instrumental break – fiddle and steel answer the last line]
Kids chase fireflies through the fence posts
Granddad’s hat on the nail
Every board on this beat-up porch
Knows every word of our tales
[Chorus]
Give me these winding dirt roads
Low and long
Ten acres of quiet where I belong
Wire fence leanin’
Silver in the dawn
Front porch swing where the day drifts on
Yeah
The world keeps callin’ from way out there
But I got all I need right here
On these winding dirt roads and ten good acres strong
On this old front porch swing
I’m home
[Bridge]
Let ’em chase that shine and dollar
Let ’em race that dotted line
I’ll be watchin’ that sunset holler
Paint the pines one last time (one last time)
[Chorus]
Give me these winding dirt roads
Low and long
Ten acres of quiet where I belong
Wire fence leanin’
Silver in the dawn
Front porch swing where the day drifts on
Yeah
The world keeps callin’ from way out there
But I got all I need right here
On these winding dirt roads and ten good acres strong
On this old front porch swing
I’m home
(on this old front porch swing, I’m home)