Porch Swing Summer

Lyrics

[Verse 1] Bare feet on the hot porch boards Fig trees bending over the fence Mama called us in for dinner We came late, with grass on our knees Cricket songs in the screen door A jar of coins and candy dust Your name carved into the banister Like we thought time had to trust [Pre-Chorus] And I still see it clear In the August haze Every little thing we had Stays in me today [Chorus] Take me back, take me back To the porch swing summer Take me back, take me back To the way we were Little hands, little plans Running through the thunder Take me back, take me back To the porch swing summer [Verse 2] Grandpa in his work shirt Fixing up a broken bike Bunny ears on a black-and-white TV While the rain tapped all night We made maps in the sidewalk chalk Built a castle from a cardboard box Swore the creek behind the sycamores Would go on forever, it was ours [Pre-Chorus] And the whole wide world Fit inside that yard One snapped twig, one porch light One scar, one star [Chorus] Take me back, take me back To the porch swing summer Take me back, take me back To the way we were Little hands, little plans Running through the thunder Take me back, take me back To the porch swing summer [Bridge] Now the house is painted different And the gate leans left in rain But I can hear us laughing When the wind goes through the panes If I close my eyes, I’m there With a scraped-up heart and a brand-new day Still believing every road Leads home the same way [Chorus] Take me back, take me back To the porch swing summer Take me back, take me back To the way we were Little hands, little plans Running through the thunder Take me back, take me back To the porch swing summer