Porch Swing Summers

I knew you back in porch swing summers

You lived three houses down past the mailbox
With the dog that barked at the ice cream truck
We built a fort out of your daddy's lumber
Got in trouble, didn't care, we were stuck
You taught me how to catch a crawdad
I taught you how to spit a seed
We made a pact we'd get married
On the swing with a ring made of weeds

And I saw you at the hardware store
Buying paint and a new screen door
And you said my name like you did before
Like I was nine years old

I knew you back in porch swing summers
Popsicle stains and scraped-up knees
Now you're taller and I'm older
But I knew you back in porch swing summers

Porch swing, porch swing
(Summers)
Porch swing

Then you moved away in the fall of sixth grade
And I cried in the swing till the chain rusted through
Wrote you letters that I never sent you
Kept 'em in a shoebox, in case I knew
Now you're back in town with a wedding ring on
She seems sweet, and you're happy, I can see
And I'm happy for the kid that you turned into
But I miss the one who lived near me

And I saw you at the hardware store
Buying paint and a new screen door
And you said my name like you did before
Like I was nine years old

I knew you back in porch swing summers
Popsicle stains and scraped-up knees
Now you're taller and I'm older
But I knew you back in porch swing summers

Summers go
Swings creak
Kids grow up
And move on down the street
But somewhere in a shoebox
You're still nine with me

I knew you back in porch swing summers
Popsicle stains and scraped-up knees
Now you're taller and I'm older
But I knew you back in porch swing summers

Porch swing, porch swing
(Summers)
Porch swing