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Porch Light

from Dressing Down by Dan Rider

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YOU DREW ME ONCE WITH SCRIBBLES IN MY BRAIN
WHEN I WAS NOTHING BUT A FACELESS STICK MAN TRYING TO PASS FOR SANE
HIDING IN DOORWAYS LIKE A CAT CAUGHT IN THE RAIN

SO I SING OH-OH

IT'S A LONG WALK BACK FROM THE PRECIPICE
LOOKING ANYWHERE BUT DOWN YOU'D BE SURPRISED THE THINGS YOU MISS
WHO'D EVER THOUGHT IT WOULD COME TO THIS

SO I SING OH-OH

STILL I KNOW YOU WILL LEAVE YOUR PORCH LIGHT ON
WHEN I'M WANDERING, AND I'M ALWAYS WANDERING
WHEREVER I GO I'LL NEVER BE GONE
'CAUSE I KNOW YOU WILL LEAVE YOUR PORCH LIGHT ON

YOU AND I ARE PERCHED ON A NARROW WIRE
OUR FINGERS VIBRATE WITH VOCATION AND OUR WARDROBES ARE ON FIRE
AND I DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE EVER GONNA TIRE

STILL I KNOW YOU WILL LEAVE YOUR PORCH LIGHT ON
WHEN I'M WANDERING, AND I'M ALWAYS WANDERING
WHEREVER I GO I'LL NEVER BE GONE
'CAUSE I KNOW YOU WILL LEAVE YOUR PORCH LIGHT ON
I KNOW YOU WILL LEAVE YOUR PORCH LIGHT
OH-OH

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from Dressing Down, released June 24, 2015

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Dan Rider New York, New York

Dan Rider (n) : 1. New York-based folk singer & songwriter 2. Bluegrass guitarist and mandolinist 3. Gender-adjacent skirt enthusiast. 4. Secretly four cats on each others' shoulders disguised as a person. Shh don't tell.

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