Porchlight Prayer

Twenty years since I left that town
Mama's porchlight never once went down
Every birthday card I didn't send
She just wrote and wrote again
Now I'm driving with the windows down
Radio fading into country sound
Got a little gray above my ears
And a pocket full of all those years

I don't know if I deserve
To come back to that word

Porchlight prayer
Burning in the dark for me out there
Every mile I swore I didn't care
You were saying my name in a porchlight prayer
Porchlight prayer
Hold on, I'm almost there
Keep it shining like you always swear
I'm coming home to your porchlight prayer

Turn the corner by the old oak tree
Swing is hanging where it used to be
Screen door creaking like a gentle song
She's been waiting there all along
She don't ask me where I've been
Just says come on, come on in
Kitchen smells like Sunday bread
And all the things we never said

I don't know if I deserve
To come back to that word

Porchlight prayer
Burning in the dark for me out there
Every mile I swore I didn't care
You were saying my name in a porchlight prayer
Porchlight prayer
Hold on, I'm almost there
Keep it shining like you always swear
I'm coming home to your porchlight prayer

Some lights don't need a switch
Some love don't need a reason

Porchlight prayer
Burning in the dark for me out there
Every mile I swore I didn't care
You were saying my name in a porchlight prayer
Porchlight prayer
Hold on, I'm almost there
Keep it shining like you always swear
I'm coming home to your porchlight prayer

I'm home