Track 5 of the album Kitchen Table Hymnal · 2022
One Minute Before I Knock
“I stood on your porch with my hat gone soft in my hands and a whole speech I forgot. It is one minute I will never lose.”
americana · porch-step americana · hopeful folk · 4:08
Lyrics
I'm standing on your porch step With my hat gone soft in my hands Sixty seconds to the doorbell And a whole life of second plans The porch light's burning yellow Moths are circling in the glow I rehearsed it all the way here Now there's not one word I know One minute before I knock The whole world holds its breath One minute before I knock Between the sorry and the rest If the door swings wide, I'll stay If it stays shut, I'll understand But I'm not walking off this porch With my hat still in my hand There's a radio on in the kitchen Somebody's humming low I could turn around and leave now No one would ever know But I drove four hundred miles On a tank of nerve and rain And a man don't cross that distance Just to turn and drive again One minute before I knock The whole world holds its breath One minute before I knock Between the sorry and the rest If the door swings wide, I'll stay If it stays shut, I'll understand But I'm not walking off this porch With my hat still in my hand Clock on the dashboard's ticking Crickets keep the time Every brave thing I ever did Started with a shaky line Breathe in, breathe out Lift your hand and try The light was left on for somebody And maybe it's for I One minute before I knock The whole world holds its breath One minute before I knock Between the sorry and the rest If the door swings wide, I'll stay If it stays shut, I'll understand But I'm not walking off this porch With my hat still in my hand Three soft knocks And the porch light hums Footsteps in the hall Here she comes