Porch Light On For Nobody

Verse 1

Margaret Kyle wakes up mad at seven

The kettle screams she tells it to hush

Two cats hide beneath the china cabinet

She mutters something mean about the rain

Pre-Chorus

Sixty-six years of holding it together

Nobody asks her how she's been

Chorus

Margaret Kyle

Margaret Kyle

Nobody calls her Marge no more

Margaret Kyle

Margaret Kyle

She keeps the porch light on for nobody

Post-Chorus

Mm-hmm

Mm-hmm

Verse 2

Her hands shake when the mailman waves

She leaves the bills stacked unopened on the stairs

The doctor wrote a number on a card

She taped it to the fridge and left it there

Pre-Chorus

She waters dead geraniums on Sundays

Talking to them softer than she talks to me

Chorus

Margaret Kyle

Margaret Kyle

Nobody calls her Marge no more

Margaret Kyle

Margaret Kyle

She keeps the porch light on for nobody

Post-Chorus

Mm-hmm

Mm-hmm

Bridge

I am Margaret

I am Margaret

I am tired and I am here

Say it slow

Say it plain

Somebody sit with me a while

Chorus

Margaret Kyle

Margaret Kyle

Nobody calls her Marge no more

Margaret Kyle

Margaret Kyle

She keeps the porch light on for nobody

Post-Chorus

Mm-hmm

Mm-hmm

Outro

Grumpy grumpy grumpy little lady

Grumpy grumpy grumpy little lady

Grumpy grumpy grumpy little lady

Still here