[Verse 1] The gravel road still hums beneath my wheels That old oak tree still shades the mailbox, leaning still I left at nineteen thinking I was grown Ten years later, I'm crawling back home [Chorus] Screen door, screen door It still creaks the way it did before Screen door, screen door Daddy's boots by the kitchen floor Back through that old screen door Where the light's still on and I'm home once more [Verse 2] Daddy's on the porch, rocking like he never stopped He doesn't stand up, just nods, and my heart drops I told myself I'd call, I told myself I'd write But pride's a heavy anchor in the dead of night [Chorus] Screen door, screen door It still creaks the way it did before Screen door, screen door Daddy's boots by the kitchen floor Back through that old screen door Where the light's still on and I'm home once more [Bridge] Mama sets a plate down, doesn't ask a thing Just slides it closer — that's her kind of forgiving She says, "Boy, the door was never locked at all." And that's the part that breaks me most of all. Never locked. [Final Chorus] Screen door, screen door It still creaks the way it did before Screen door, screen door Daddy's boots by the kitchen floor Back through that old screen door Where the porch light's on and we all come home
