Dust on the Porch Swing

[Verse 1]
The porch swing creaks like it’s holdin' its breath,
An old friend of mine, through life and through death.
Cobwebs stretch where the memories cling,
Dust on the porch swing, dust on the porch swing.

[Chorus]
Dust on the porch swing, where time used to stay,
Where the sun met the shadows at the end of the day.
If these boards could whisper, the stories they’d bring,
Dust on the porch swing, oh, dust on the porch swing.

[Verse 2]
Mama would hum as she shelled the peas,
Daddy would carve names into old oak trees.
I hear the echoes when the night birds sing,
Dust on the porch swing, dust on the porch swing.

[Bridge]
Seasons change, and folks move on,
But that swing keeps swayin', long after they're gone.
The past ain't far, it’s tied with a string,
To the dust on the porch swing.

[Chorus]
Dust on the porch swing, where time used to stay,
Where the sun met the shadows at the end of the day.
If these boards could whisper, the stories they’d bring,
Dust on the porch swing, oh, dust on the porch swing.

[Outro]
Now I sit alone as the stars start to gleam,
Holdin’ the weight of every old dream.
And though it’s just wood, it still feels like a king,
On the dust-covered porch swing.