THE PORCH LIGHT STILL BURNS

Verse 1 Every evening around sunset I walk out onto the porch Same old switch beside the doorway Same old weather-beaten boards The neighbors wave from down the street The children ride their bikes on by Nobody asks me why I do it Maybe they already know why For forty years you left it burning Like a star above our lane No matter how late I came home That little light remained Pre-Chorus Some people leave behind photographs Some leave rings or favorite songs You left a light in the darkness And somehow it still shines on Chorus The porch light still burns The porch light still glows Through summer thunder And winter snow I see that window And I still smile Like you're waiting there Just for a little while The porch light still burns And darling somehow It still leads me home Even now Verse 2 There's a coffee cup inside the kitchen Your favorite chair beside the wall Some mornings I still catch myself Turning when I hear your call The roses by the front steps bloom Like they don't understand goodbye And every year they come back stronger Like love refuses how to die Pre-Chorus The years move on around me Like a river to the sea But some things stay exactly where They're meant to be Chorus The porch light still burns The porch light still glows Through summer thunder And winter snow I see that window And I still smile Like you're waiting there Just for a little while The porch light still burns And darling somehow It still leads me home Even now Bridge Last October Sitting out there Wrapped in your old sweater Watching leaves drift through the yard I finally understood I'm not leaving it on So you can find your way home I'm leaving it on Because you already did Final Chorus The porch light still burns The porch light still glows Through every season This old house knows I see that window And I see your face In every memory Love left in this place The porch light still burns And darling somehow It still leads me home Even now Outro The night settles softly The town grows still I whisper "Goodnight, sweetheart" And the porch light burns Still