The Porch Light

Verse 1

Quarter past two and the bar's almost empty

Bartender wipes down the wood

I got a tab and a tabloid heart

Neither one doing me good

I trace your name in the condensation

Watch it disappear slow

Somebody's quarter drops in the jukebox

And I let the whole thing go

Pre-Chorus

I keep telling myself I'm fine

Then the second drink hits and I'm lying

I keep reaching for a reason to stay

But the bottle keeps winning the fight

Chorus

So I'm pouring it out

Every drop of the hurt

Every word that I never could say

I'm pouring it out

Let it burn going down

Till the morning can wash it away

Yeah I'm pouring it out

(Pouring it out)

Pouring it out

(Pouring it out)

Verse 2

There's a ring in my pocket I keep meaning to pawn

Ain't worth much but the weight of it's real

I still leave the porch light burning at home

Like a stranger might knock and it's you that I feel

I ain't angry no more I'm just tired

Tired of carrying what I can't hold

So I set it down here on this barstool

And I let the cold settle my bones

Pre-Chorus

I keep telling myself I'm fine

Then the second drink hits and I'm lying

I keep reaching for a reason to stay

But the bottle keeps winning the fight

Chorus

So I'm pouring it out

Every drop of the hurt

Every word that I never could say

I'm pouring it out

Let it burn going down

Till the morning can wash it away

Yeah I'm pouring it out

(Pouring it out)

Pouring it out

(Pouring it out)

Bridge

Maybe dawn is a kind of forgiveness

Maybe quiet is a kind of release

Maybe I don't have to fix what's been broken

Maybe I just have to let it be

Final Chorus

So I'm pouring it out

Every drop of the hurt

Every word that I never could say

I'm pouring it out

Let it burn going down

Till the morning can wash it away

Yeah I'm pouring it out

(Pouring it out)

Pouring it out

(Pouring it out)

Pouring it out

Guitar Solo

Outro

(Pouring it out)

(Pouring it out)