[INTRO — 6/8, INSTRUMENTAL, 12 BARS] [Kalimba taps out six tiny stars] [Hohner Comet harmonica plays a lonesome melody] [Bowed musical saw glides above silver flute] [Jaw harp makes two curious twangs] [BUBBA — SPOKEN] Darlene... did this porch just move? [DARLENE — SPOKEN, FEMALE] Bubba, I believe the music's got wings. [ONE BEAT OF SILENCE] [SLAP BASS POP! SWITCH TO FUNKY 4/4] [Piano rolls in, tambourine shakes, banjo answers] [VERSE 1 — BUBBA, SUNG] Had one old chair and a screen-door squeak, A pocketful of tunes and a long, slow week. Set my Comet on my lips, let a little note go, And the porch boards started humming down below. Then the moon leaned closer, like it wanted to hear, And every little worry disappeared. [INSTRUMENTAL — 8 BARS] [Harmonica and tenor sax trade four-bar phrases] [Jaw harp twangs on the offbeats] [VERSE 2 — DARLENE, SUNG] Well, the roof didn't rattle and the nails stayed tight, But the whole wide sky came calling that night. Silver flute was laughing, little clay bird sang, And the stars kept time when the tambourine rang. [CHORUS — BOTH, SUNG] The night the porch grew wings, We heard a thousand little things. Banjo in the branches, piano in the rain, Funky bass rolling like a midnight train. We never left the ground, but oh, what a ride, With a whole big heaven opening inside. Play a little, sing a little, let that old Comet ring, On the night the porch grew wings! [INSTRUMENTAL — 12 BARS] [4 bars: musical saw sings a high, bending melody] [4 bars: kalimba and jaw harp answer] [4 bars: Darlene's tenor sax catches the tune] [VERSE 3 — BUBBA, COUNTRY RAP / TALK-SING] [Slap bass and gospel piano take the lead] Jaw harp twang, kalimba rain, Frankenstein guitar on a two-lane train. Luther picks five strings, Otis works those keys, Darlene blows a horn that can shake the trees. Got a silver flute and a clay bird too, A little wooden whistle singing out of the blue. No rocket, no runway, no big machine, Just the strangest little band that you've ever seen! [INSTRUMENTAL — 16 BARS] [4 bars: popping slap-bass solo] [4 bars: gospel boogie piano solo] [4 bars: Luther's banjo trades with Frankenstein guitar] [4 bars: Hohner Comet and Darlene's tenor sax duet] [VERSE 4 — DARLENE, SUNG] Some folks need a ticket to go somewhere new, But a song can open up the world for you. Take one breath, find one note, and begin, You never know what might come wandering in. [QUIET BREAK — RETURN TO 6/8, 8 BARS] [Ukulele softens to a heartbeat] [Bowed musical saw and wooden flute hover together] [Ocarina answers with three clear notes] [BRIDGE — BUBBA, SPOKEN] Darlene, you reckon we're flying? [DARLENE — SPOKEN] Maybe we're just hearing what was here all along. [BUBBA — SUNG, SOFTLY] Thank You, Lord, for a little wonder. [BUILD — 4/4 RETURNS] [Handclaps, piano, slap bass and organ rise] [Harmonica plays the hook; sax replies] [FINAL CHORUS — BOTH, SUNG, LIGHT GOSPEL HARMONIES] The night the porch grew wings, We heard a thousand little things. Banjo in the branches, piano in the rain, Funky bass rolling like a midnight train. We never left the ground, but oh, what a ride, With a little more joy and a little less pride. Play a little, sing a little, let that old Comet ring, On the night the porch grew wings! [OUTRO — INSTRUMENTAL, 16 BARS] [4 bars: silver flute, ocarina and kalimba] [4 bars: jaw harp underneath a singing saw glide] [4 bars: Comet harmonica and Darlene's tenor sax] [4 bars: piano, slap bass, banjo and Frankenstein guitar] [Band stops; one last kalimba note] [BUBBA — SPOKEN, SMILING] Well, dadgummit. Guess we're staying right here.
