Track 2 of the album Candle Down · 2019
Long Light on the Back Porch Rail
“Supper plates dried and stacked, the crickets tuning up. I wrote it on my own back porch and the crickets are in the room.”
jazz · porch jazz · nostalgic ballad · 3:57
Lyrics
The supper plates are stacked and dried The crickets tune their strings The long light slides across the yard And rests on all our things There's lemonade, there's one more chair There's no place we must be The late summer evening Is the best thing that's free Stay a while on the porch with me While the sky turns gold to blue Nothing to fix and nothing to say Just the long light and you Let the day go slowly down Like a song we both know through Stay a while on the porch with me Long light, long light, long light and you The neighbour's radio hums along Somewhere down the lane A child is calling fireflies Like names she can't explain Your hand finds mine upon the rail The wood is warm and worn We have been here a thousand times And still it feels reborn Stay a while on the porch with me While the sky turns gold to blue Nothing to fix and nothing to say Just the long light and you Let the day go slowly down Like a song we both know through Stay a while on the porch with me Long light, long light, long light and you Summer won't stay, I know it won't But tonight it's ours to keep A glass, a rail, a quiet sky And the world about to sleep The last of the gold lets go the roof The first star finds its place I fold my hands and fold my heart And a smile warms my face Whatever comes with autumn's chill We have had this hour A porch, a rail, a summer night And love in full flower Stay a while on the porch with me While the sky turns gold to blue Nothing to fix and nothing to say Just the long light and you Let the day go slowly down Like a song we both know through Stay a while on the porch with me Long light, long light, long light and you Long light and you Long light and you