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The sweetest labor that my heart has known |
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is the farm on which I stand |
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Every single seed that's been sown |
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was put in the ground by my hand |
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Sometimes the sun goes down a little too soon |
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before the day's work is through |
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I keep on going by the light of the moon |
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when I'd rather be home with you |
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Would you keep the porchlight on for me? |
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I come home from the field when it's too dark to see |
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I can barely stand up |
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but there's more to be done |
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the bottom field needs to be plowed |
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I've never asked help from anyone |
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but Lord I could use some now |
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Give me the strength to make it back home |
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I can't work no more |
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Lord let her be the first thing I see |
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when I crawl through that front door |
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Would you leave the porchlight on for me? |
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To light my way back from the night so black |
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I'm sick as a dog and no one can help |
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the pain's more than I can bear |
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Still my thoughts drift to the one sweet gift |
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the love that we share |
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I hate for you to see me like this |
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Remember when I was strong? |
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If i didn't have these I.V.'s in my wrists |
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I'd hold you in my arms |
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Would you leave the porchlight on for me? |
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This hospital bed is where I've got to be |
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They say that I ain't got long for this life |
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they say that it's my time to go |
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Darlin' you've been the most wonderful wife |
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that any man has known |
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You've stuck by me through thick and through thin |
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since the day you became my bride |
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Someday i hope to see you again |
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when we meet on the other side |
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Would you leave the porchlight on for me? |
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Even though just a memory is all that I'll be |
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would you leave the porchlight on for me? |
