Front Porch Blues

[Verse 1]

I got a front porch swing and an old cane chair
Got a story to tell in the Delta air
Boots on the boards, pickin’ low and true
Just me and the twilight singin’ front porch blues

[Verse 2]

My baby done gone, took the sun with her smile
Left me here rockin’ with hurt for a while
A dog’s at my feet, and the bottle’s half through
Nothin’ left to say but the front porch blues

[Chorus]

These boards know my secrets, they creak when I cry
Every moan from my strings is a long goodbye
Ain’t no stage, just the stars and the trees
Singin’ blues in the key of memories

[Verse 3]

Neighbors pass by, they tip their hat low
They hear the pain, but they already know
'Cause out here sorrow’s got nothin’ to prove
We all got a version of the front porch blues

[Bridge]

Smoke curls slow from my cigarette
Each drag’s a moment I can’t forget
Even silence plays its part
In a broken man’s southern heart

[Final Chorus]

Let the wind be my drummer, the bugs keep time
And my old guitar cry every line
I’ll be right here, no matter who moves
Livin’, breathin’… these front porch blues

Front porch blues… got nothin’ to lose.

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Writer: HL Shields