IT WAS WHERE
MY MAMA SAT ON
THAT OLD SWING
WITH HER CROCHET
IT WAS WHERE
GRANDDADDY
TAUGHT ME HOW
TO CUSS AND HOW
TO PRAY
IT WAS WHERE
WE MADE OUR OWN
ICE CREAM
THOSE SULTRY
SUMMER NIGHTS
WHERE THE BULLDOG
HAD HER PUPPIES
AND US BROTHERS
HAD OUR FIGHTS
THERE WERE
MANY NIGHTS I'D SIT
RIGHT THERE
AND LOOK OUT
AT THE STARS
TO THE SOUND OF A
DISTANT WHIPPOORWILL
OR THE HUM
OF A PASSING CAR
AND IT WAS WHERE
I FIRST GOT UP
THE NERVE
TO STEAL ME
MY FIRST KISS
AND WHERE I LEARNED
TO PLAY GUITAR
AND PRAY I HAD THE GIFT
IF THE WORLD
HAD A FRONT PORCH
LIKE WE DID BACK THEN
WE'D STILL
HAVE OUR PROBLEMS
BUT WE'D ALL
BE FRIENDS
TREATIN' YOUR NEIGHBOR
LIKE HE'S YOUR
NEXT OF KIN
WOULDN'T BE GONE
WITH THE WIND
IF THE WORLD
HAD A FRONT PORCH
LIKE WE DID BACK THEN
4 BAR
BREAK
PURPLE HULLS
AND PINTOS
I'VE SHELLED MORE
THAN MY SHARE
AS LIGHTNING BUGS
AND CRICKETS
DANCED IN THE
EVENING AIR
LIKE A BEACON
THAT OLD YELLOW BULB
IT ALWAYS LED ME HOME
SOMEHOW MAMA
ALWAYS KNEW
JUST WHEN
TO LEAVE IT ON
IF THE WORLD
HAD A FRONT PORCH
LIKE WE DID BACK THEN
WE'D STILL
HAVE OUR PROBLEMS
BUT WE'D ALL
BE FRIENDS
TREATIN' YOUR NEIGHBOR
LIKE HE'S YOUR
NEXT OF KIN
WOULDN'T BE GONE
WITH THE WIND
IF THE WORLD
HAD A FRONT PORCH
LIKE WE DID BACK THEN
TREATIN' YOUR NEIGHBOR
LIKE HE'S YOUR
NEXT OF KIN
WOULDN'T BE GONE
WITH THE WIND
IF THE WORLD
HAD A FRONT PORCH
LIKE WE DID BACK THEN