Waiting On The Porch

from Up Until Now by Craig Marker

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The wind starts to howl when the sun goes down
And Johnny waits on the porch for his daddy to come home
Each morning his dad leaves him all alone
And at night he returns with a fire in his soul

This fire burns with a passion so strong
It loves when it’s warm but that don’t last long
Cause it’ll rage, it’ll rage when it don’t get its way
This fire no man can contain

Blood is the tie that binds you to the place where you were born
But it’ll ruin the man it keeps from a life of his own
Sometimes you can’t go home

So at night Johnny leaves while the city’s asleep
Out to the edge of town where them wild boys meet
They’re singin’ their songs about breakin’ through
That threshold where their dreams’ll come true

His dad will be waitin’ on the porch for him to come home
He’s gonna make him feel that fire in his soul
Oh it’ll rage, it’ll rage when it sees Johnny’s face
Tellin’ him he needs to get his life straight

Blood is the tie that binds you to the place where you were born
But it’ll ruin the man it keeps from a life of his own
Sometimes you can’t go home

But Johnny ain’t gonna live no lie
Or a life controlled by that fire inside
So he packed his bags with all that he owned
And he went to cross over that threshold

Blood is the tie that binds you to the place where you were born
But it’ll ruin the man it keeps from a life of his own
Sometimes you can’t go home

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from Up Until Now, released June 8, 2016

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