Grandma’s Front Porch

Verse 1

There were white rocking chairs on your front porch

And you were always standing by the door

Every time I'd leave, you'd come outside

And wave until you couldn't see me anymore

Verse 2

You'd wake me up each morning for school

With breakfast made before I'd opened my eyes

I never knew those ordinary mornin's

Would be the ones I'd miss for all my life

Verse 3

And, Lord, knows I gave that woman hell

Said some things I wish I could take back

But she never stopped lovin' that stubborn little boy

No matter how much trouble he gave her back

Pre-Chorus

Now I'd give anything I own

To hear her call me in again

Funny how you spend your childhood growin' up

Then spend your life wishin' you were ten

Chorus

Take me back to that old front porch

Where those white rockin' chairs still sway

Where Grandma's standin' by the door

Begging me to have a good day

Let me hear her say she loves me

Like she did a thousand times before

'Cause I never knew the hardest thing in life

Would be leaving her at that door

And if I could ask God for one more thing

Before He calls her home someday

I'd ask for one more mornin'

Where she wakes me up again

Verse 4

We used to walk around that yard

And talk about whatever came to mind

She'd tell me how much she loved me

And I'd just smile like we had all the time

Verse 5

I wish I'd hugged her a little tighter

Wish I'd listened when she spoke

Wish I'd been a better grandson

Back when she was giving me her whole world

Verse 6

Now I think about those breakfasts

And the trouble I would cause

How she never held it against me

Just kept loving through it all

Pre-Chorus

And I'd give back every Christmas

Every birthday yet to come

For one more walk around that yard

With the woman who showed me love

Chorus

Take me back to that old front porch

Where those white rockin' chairs still sway

Where Grandma's standin' by the door

Begging me to have a good day

Let me hear her say she loves me

Like she did a thousand times before

'Cause I never knew the hardest thing in life

Would be leaving her at that door

And if I could ask God for one more thing

Before He calls her home someday

I'd ask for one more mornin'

Where she wakes me up again

Outro

Those white rockin' chairs

That old front porch

I spent my whole life watchin' you wave goodbye

And God, I never thought

Someday I'd have to be the [Outro]

Those white rockin' chairs

That old front porch

I spent my whole life watchin' you wave goodbye

And God, I never thought

Someday I'd have to be the one

Wavin’ goodbye