Porch Light Years

Your mug by the sink

Got one chip in the rim

Same old yellow chair

You still fold in on it

Your name on my phone

Still lights up like home

When the day runs long

I’m glad we’re not alone

I keep your keys by the bowl

You keep my scarf on the hook

We laugh at the bills

And the pages we took

My hair’s got more gray

Your hands got more shake

Still when you reach for mine

It feels brand new each day

If the clock keeps moving

Let it move us slow

If the road gets windy

We already know

Where to turn

How to stay

How to choose each other

Every day

Let the porch light stay on

Let the porch light stay on

We’ll grow old, side by side

With the same old song

Let the porch light stay on

Let the porch light stay on

If the world falls away

We’ll still belong

You read the small print

I reach for the top shelf

We trade off the load

Like we always have

The maple out back

Lost half of its leaves

Still every spring

It comes back to me

You wear my old coat

When the cold cuts through

I see our whole life

In the seams of you

A dent in the car

A crack in the plate

Nothing looks perfect

But nothing feels fake

If the years stack high

Let them stack like gold

We’ve got worn-out boots

And a story to hold

Every scar

Every line

Still the best part

Is you and I

Let the porch light stay on

Let the porch light stay on

We’ll grow old, side by side

With the same old song

Let the porch light stay on

Let the porch light stay on

If the world falls away

We’ll still belong

When my knees get stiff

And your steps get slow

When the names drift off

That we used to know

Hold my hand

Call me in

We’ll find our way

Back again

Let the porch light stay on

Let the porch light stay on

We’ll grow old, side by side

With the same old song

Let the porch light stay on

Let the porch light stay on

All the years in our bones

Still feel like home

Same old song

Same old song

Porch light on

Porch light on