Porch Song
Chris Pureka
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Cadd4 We sang porch songs like we were rock starsC D We drank cheap beer and tried to make it lastCadd4 Then it was back in the car The coast to the cornfieldsC D Maybe we were just looking for something else to call ourselvesCadd4 Rest stop coffee, yeah postcards back homeC Back seat scenes of strange townsG G Keep driving on, driving onCadd4 In the middle of the night, we took a wrong turnC G Ended up on a mountain in the pine trees and the moonlit earthCadd4 C G Oh the scattered light, a photograph in mindCadd4 C G Of a summer day, squinting at the sunContinues after the adC G It's a warm stone, that I carry alongG You know I, you know that IC G I've been saving quarters, for the toll roadsF C G We can pack the car tonight, we can leave town tomorrowC G Put me on a porch swing out in PortlandF C G Put me on an F train, roll me back into BrooklynCadd4 Well we closed the bars, like we were cowboysC G And then we wrote our names in the dirt by the side of the roadCadd4 And October came and the winter drew nearC G With the cold fingers digging in under the ribsCadd4 But we were campfire girls and we were kicking up the leavesC G And we returned to our jobs with our clothes smelling of wood-smokeCadd4 C G Oh the scattered light, a photograph in mindCadd4 C G Of a summer day, squinting at the sunCadd4 C G It's a warm stone, that I carry alongG You know I, you know that IC G I've been saving quarters, for the toll roadsF C G We can pack the car tonight, we can leave town tomorrowC G Put me on a porch swing out in PortlandF C G Put me on an F train, roll me back into BrooklynCadd4 We sang porch songs like we were rock starsC G We drank cheap beer and tried to make it last