Porch Light - Aoife O'Donovan

The darkest night I ever seen

It was the night you came to me

on your knees whispering 'I'm sorry'

Keeping time with your heartbeat

I danced along on two left feet

You kissed my cheek

and left me on a city street.

Tell me where’d you go when you left my home on the bike alone

There was room for me on your handlebars

We could’ve seen the stars

You wanna live a life of restlessness

Wander 'round singin' the blues

You find solace in the bar-room girls

they got nothing to lose

You want a little life of loneliness —

Baby, so do I

I wanna sit under the porch light and watch the yellow moon rise

If I were to let you go

how far you’d fall I’ll never know

I’d grab your toes and swing you like a circus show

Tame the tiger, swallow fire,

Tip-toe 'cross the tightrope wire

Would you help me find another stone to grind and another man to mind?

Would you recognize that I might be a prize

I might be a prize?

You wanna live a life of restlessness

Wander 'round singin' the blues

You find solace in the bar room girls,

they got nothing to lose.

You wanna live a life of loneliness —

Baby, so do I

I wanna sit under the porch light and watch the yellow moon rise.