00:19There's a flicker in the Texaco sign
00:24Buzzing like it's got something to say
00:28I drove past your mama's twice
00:32Saw your brother's truck in the drive again
00:38That screen door still don't shut right
00:41I heard it halfway down the road
00:46Got your number sitting on my dash
00:50Thumb keeps hovering
00:52Then I let go
00:56And the radio keeps cutting out
00:59Right where our song used to land
01:06Everybody says leave it alone
01:09Give it a little time, let it fade
01:14But your name keeps showing up
01:18In every little town I take
01:23So leave the porch light on tonight
01:28Leave one window cracked
01:32Leave that old dog barking at the tires
01:37Like I might come back
01:42Maybe I'm no good at giving up
01:45Maybe you know that already
01:47Maybe this whole thing burns too bright
01:51Maybe
01:56Maybe that's what gets me
02:00Yeah, leave the porch light on tonight
02:06Just in case these wheels turn around
02:13There's a pair of boots by your front steps
02:18Different dirt than where we used to go
02:21And I laughed when Jenny told me
02:25You still hate sleeping with the TV low
02:30I've been staying out way too late
02:35Talking circles with the guys downtown
02:40But every road after midnight
02:44Ends with me slowing down
02:49That that stop sign by a street
02:54Like my truck knows where to roll
02:59Everybody says people move on
03:03Like it's something you can't plan
03:08But your voice still hangs around
03:12Like smoke in an empty can
03:17So leave the porch light on tonight
03:22Leave one window cracked
03:27Leave that old dog barking at the tires
03:33Like I might come back
03:36Maybe I'm no good at giving up
03:40Maybe you know that already
03:42Maybe this whole thing burns too bright
03:46Maybe
03:50Maybe that's what gets me
03:55Yeah, leave the porch light on tonight
03:59Just in case these wheels turn around
04:07I saw your dad at the marathon store
04:10He asked if I'd been sleeping much
04:13I said, yeah, enough
04:16He kind of smiled like he knew that was a lie
04:21And outside the July rain
04:24Started hitting the hood
04:27Same sound in me
04:31That night you leaned across the console
04:36Said don't get careful on me now
04:40So leave the porch light on tonight
04:45Leave the whole house awake
04:48Leave that cracked up driveway there
04:54For my old tires to shake
05:00Maybe we were built too wild
05:03What quiet little endings
05:05Maybe what everybody calls too much
05:09Was really just worth defending
05:14Yeah, leave the porch light on tonight
05:19Don't let that last boat burn out
05:24Leave the porch light on tonight
05:27Leave the porch light on tonight
05:30Cause I'm halfway back right now
05:44I'll see you next time
05:46And now
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