[Verse 1] I wait on the cedar porch Your ghost walks each night Here from late afternoon ‘Til the west loses light The dirt road bends by the pines, Then disappears from sight I count the days you’ve been gone And still nothing seems right [Pre-Chorus] I too should be gone by now The woods are calling my name I could be past that hill But I’d still feel the same And I’ll leave the porch light on Hoping it’s—"just until” [Chorus] By day on this cedar porch That your ghost haunts each night I watch where that dirt road bends Hoping you’ll come in sight I don’t know why you went I don’t know what broke I wait on the cedar porch ‘Til the day turns to smoke [Verse 2] The rocking chair knows me now Echoes my every sigh I look toward that empty road Like a prayer gone dry We used to laugh in the yard Bare feet in the rain Now even this rocking chair Creaks like it feels my pain [Pre-Chorus] I hear the wind at night Moving free through the pines A sad, lonely melody And I know the lines But some part of me still says That you’ll come back to me [Chorus] By day on this cedar porch That your ghost haunts each night I watch where that dirt road bends Hoping you’ll come in sight I don’t know why you went I don’t know what broke I wait on the cedar porch ‘Til the day turns to smoke [Bridge] If I walked on down that road Would your ghost still remain? Would that old creek pull me in And wash away my pain? And the prayer you’ll come back Keeps my shadow here But the bend in the trees Seems nearer and nearer [Final Chorus] So each day on the cedar porch Your ghost haunts each night I watch where that dirt road bends Hoping you’ll come in sight I don’t know why you went I don’t know what broke I wait on the cedar porch ‘Til the day turns to smoke I sit on the cedar porch (cedar porch) I wait on the cedar porch (‘Til you come home)
