Porch Light Glow: The Evening Unwinds

Lyrics

[Intro]


[Verse 1]
The sun dips low behind the oaks on Hammond Drive.
Another Tuesday breathes its last, and comes alive
in a different way.
The air goes cool, smells of cut grass and damp earth.
That old sodium vapor streetlight down the block pops on for what it's worth.
But it's your light I wait for.
The one right here.

[Verse 2]
There goes Mrs. Gable with her terrier on its leash.
A quiet jingle of the tags, a moment's peace.
The kids next door, their bike wheels make that whirring sound
on the driveway, before a screen door slams and they're not around.
I watch them all pass through your circle,
a little stage of warm, yellow dust.

[Chorus]
And the porch light glow is a quiet kind of promise.
That the day is done, and the lock is on, and nothing's come upon us.
Just the sound of ice in a glass, the slow rock of a chair.
A silent conversation with the humid Georgia air.
This simple, steady comfort.
This golden square.

[Bridge]
How many evenings have you seen from this brick wall?
Watched the roots of that old dogwood crack the sidewalk through the fall?
Heard the whisper of a secret, the scuff of a worn-out shoe?
That spigot by the garden hose still drips a beat for you.
Drip.
Drip.
Some things don't ever change.

[Outro]
The last dog walker heads for home.
The street goes still.
Just your hum above the door sill.
Goodnight, sweet light.