The Kindness Keeps (version 2)

Verse

Momma's recipe book, the pages torn and worn

Cherry pie crust still remembers how it's made before we're born

Daddy's old truck parked by the garage door

The engine don't turn on but the key still fits

Every Sunday morning this porch light flickers like a hymn that never quits

Pre-Chorus

Tell me how something built to break can stay so long

Tell me why we keep this place, the paint and all it wrong

Is it love or is it something more than hands can hold

I don't wanna let it go no matter where I'm told

Chorus

This old house ain't holding on by itself tonight

It's every single Sunday dinner we fought for light

Every laugh my dad still hears when he's gone from the chair

This is a kindness that outlasts us standing there

So don't you dare sell this porch, don't tear it down

Cause something like a roof can save a family loud and clear

Verse

My brother left at dawn with a suitcase full of dreams

Left my momma here to clean the summer breeze

She still makes pie crust soft as a promise kept

Sends me pictures folded in a coffee shop receipt

I drive back roads, dust on the tires again

Windows down so every small town mile feels like a friend

Some things get weathered but they never break

This river's current strong enough to carry a boat that's gone

Pre-Chorus

Tell me how something built to break can stay so long

Tell me why we keep this place, the paint and all it wrong

Is it love or is it something more than hands can hold

I don't wanna let it go no matter where I'm told

Chorus

This old house ain't holding on by itself tonight

It's every single Sunday dinner we fought for light

Every laugh my dad still hears when he's gone from the chair

This is a kindness that outlasts us standing there

So don't you dare sell this porch, don't tear it down

Cause something like a roof can save a family loud and clear

Bridge

Some summers are our last before we're too old to mend

And some nights I wake up hearing a door swing open again

Maybe kindness ain't just what we give each other

It's the floor still holding us when we forget to gather

I'm gonna keep this porch light burning till I'm grey

Cause something that outlasts one season got nothing left to say

Chorus

This old house ain't holding on by itself tonight

It's every single Sunday dinner we fought for light

Every laugh my dad still hears when he's gone from the chair

This is a kindness that outlasts us standing there

So don't you dare sell this porch, don't tear it down

Cause something like a roof can save a family loud and clear