Verse
Rain quit around eight, left the gutters humming low
Steam on the window, city breathing soft and slow
Puddles hold the streetlamps like they're melting into gold
I'm barefoot on the floorboards, still a little cold
Radio's turned down to a whisper and a hush
Grabbed my grandad's flannel, feel the worn spots in the brush
Thunder's just a memory rolling out past the trees
Everything gone quiet, just the drip off the eaves
Pre-Chorus
So what do you do
When the noise finally clears
Just breathe it on through
After all of those years
Chorus
I keep the porch light on
For whatever's still out there
Wind's died down to a song
And I got nowhere to be, nowhere
Coffee's gone but I don't care
I keep the porch light on
Verse
Found your old umbrella folded up behind the door
Never gave it back to you, don't need it anymore
Sky's a bruised kind of purple fading into gray
Crickets tuning up like nothing got in their way
Screen door creaks the same three notes it always played
Moon's behind the clouds but I can see the light it made
Neighbor's dog stopped barking, world's gone soft at the seams
I could sit right here and drift on into dreams
Pre-Chorus
So what do you do
When the storm rolls out west
Just sit in the blue
Let your shoulders rest
Chorus
I keep the porch light on
For whatever's still out there
Wind's died down to a song
And I got nowhere to be, nowhere
Coffee's gone but I don't care
I keep the porch light on
Bridge
Maybe you'll come walking
Through the wet grass, slow and easy
Maybe it's just me here
And that's alright, believe me
Either way I'm staying
Till the porch light starts to fade
Either way I'm grateful
For the quiet that it made
Chorus
I keep the porch light on
For whatever's still out there
Wind's died down to a song
And I got nowhere to be, nowhere
Coffee's gone but I don't care
I keep the porch light on
