The Porch Light Still On

Verse 1

The road is wet on Maple Street tonight

Headlights cut a ribbon through the rain

There's a house I still know by heart

Porch light burning like it always did

I left this town a long time ago

But that light never learned to sleep

Pre-Chorus

I tell myself I shouldn't slow down

But my hands won't turn the wheel away

Chorus

The porch light still on, burning for me

A single flame in the dark of memory

Years have come and gone, but you remain

The porch light still on, calling my name

Verse 2

I remember summer on those creaking stairs

World was wide and nothing hurt yet

Time took the easy promises we made

Now I'm just a ghost behind glass

Driving past the life I used to keep

While the light keeps watching the road

Pre-Chorus

I know I shouldn't stay this late

But I can't look away from home

Chorus

The porch light still on, burning for me

A single flame in the dark of memory

Years have come and gone, but you remain

The porch light still on, calling my name

Solo

Bridge

If I stopped the car, what would I say

Sorry doesn't warm an empty chair

So I keep the radio low and roll on through

Leaving love in a rectangle of yellow light

Final Chorus

The porch light still on, burning for me

A single flame in the dark of memory

I may never turn around again

But the porch light still on will wait for me

Outro

Still on... still on...

In the rain on Maple Street