From the recording Live at the Corbin Theater
Lyrics
The Front Porch Song (capo on 5th fret, in C)
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G C G
Crickets in the morning, cicadas at night.
D C G
Squirrels all scampering out of sight. the world on my front porch looks just fine with the trees all swaying to this song of mine.
C G C G Am C D G
On the front porch, on the front porch, the world looks better on my front porch.
You’re never too old for that front porch swing. That gentle rocking is a sacred thing. (We’ve a) place inside needs a steady hand till we plant our feet down and take a stand.
D C G
(There’s) poor and hungry all over the Earth
D C G
and ethnic wars making all this worse.
Em C
I bring them to the porch and I want to cry D
but I lift them up to the blue in the sky.
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Friends and all my neighbors know they’ll find me here, strumming my guitar when the weather’s clear. Singing to the sparrows swooping in the air. Everybody’s welcome to a front porch chair. Tell me how you’re doing. did your basement flood? Thanks for the ladder and the two-by-four stud. Thank our lucky stars we can share this block and count on each other when we need to talk. chorus
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Everybody’s front porch has a different style, hammocks or cupboards or toys in a pile, tablecloth dining or tools of the trade, but we’re one big family in our front porch shade. Gladiolas, Morning Glories, stars and stripes, Glowing jack-o-lanterns, Christmas lights. Sweep it out in spring to begin anew when the Daffodils riot and the Crocus bloom.
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Words and music by David B. Hakan 9-26-2004 © 2004 All Rights Reserved