Porch Light

The sun through the pines paints the porch in slow gold Your hand finds my hand just like when we were bold The years on your face read like songs we once played No road left to run — this porch is where we stay The kids all moved on through the springs and the falls Through jobs and through moves and through late-night calls The fights that we had — they all feel small tonight Your head on my shoulder in this gold dusk light That porch light still glows through the years and the change One life lived together — who knew it'd feel so strange The girl in her forties with laugh lines so deep I'd travel through time just to keep what we keep That porch light still glows when the crickets come through The ghost of the young us is still warm and true The man on this porch steps — you still make me smile This slow gold evening was so worth the while The sun through the pines paints the porch in slow gold Your hand finds my hand just like when we were bold The years on your face read like songs we once played No road left to run — this porch is where we stay The kids all moved on through the springs and the falls Through jobs and through moves and through late-night calls The fights that we had — they all feel small tonight Your head on my shoulder in this gold dusk light That porch light still glows through the years and the change One life lived together — who knew it'd feel so strange The girl in her forties with laugh lines so deep I'd travel through time just to keep what we keep That porch light still glows when the crickets come through The ghost of the young us is still warm and true The man on this porch steps — you still make me smile This slow gold evening was so worth the while