On the road with a travelling band

Just ain't the life for this average man

In hotel rooms or the bus till dawn

If it weren't for the money I'd be up and gone

There's a house that's sitting on a stretch of land

Where the earth is black in the palm of your hand

If I had my way that's where I'd be

On the front porch sitting, just the family and me

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But under our porch light

That's where I learned to sing and dance through the night

Or sit with a country girl and hold her tight

Everything was all right

Cos no matter how dark, it would shine in the night

That's where I learned to love, under our porch light

My father was a simple man

Life to him had a simple plan

You give a full day's work for a full day's wage

And when the day is done, you just turn the page

In the fields I learned about working hard

On Sundays I learned of the grace of God

And my mamma taught me how to be a gentle man

Cos a curse or swear would find the back of her hand

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Life can teach the cold hard facts

Like who to trust and how to watch your back

But I believe I learned the most by far

In the dead of night beneath the moon and stars

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[Jeff Swaim;