[Verse 1] You met me by the feed store gate Where the feed sacks lean and the screen door sticks You said my name like it weighed too much Like you knew I’d been carrying it I was all closed up, all bruised inside In a town that keeps its hurt on shelves Then you left me peaches in a paper bag And a note that said, "Go easy on yourself" [Pre-Chorus] I was hiding in plain sight Under the porch light But you stayed, you stayed Till my hands quit shaking [Chorus] Porch light promise, hold me close (hold me close) Quiet love, but it grows and grows (it grows) Porch light promise, I come back To the soft little place we know (Oh, oh) you and me (Oh, oh) we don’t run [Verse 2] Now the Miller boy still points and laughs And the old church ladies still talk in threes But I walk taller past the diner window With your jacket hanging off my sleeve We don’t need a crowd to call it real No big parade down Main Street tonight Just your thumb tracing circles in my palm And my heart learning how to stay alive [Pre-Chorus] I was fading out slow Now I’m letting go Of every name That tried to fold me [Chorus] Porch light promise, hold me close (hold me close) Quiet love, but it grows and grows (it grows) Porch light promise, I come back To the soft little place we know (Oh, oh) you and me (Oh, oh) we don’t run [Bridge] Let the county line keep its secrets Let the hard days pass on through If the world gets loud and ugly I still find my way to you You were never a thunderstorm You were a window, open wide And I learned how to be brave With your hand in mine [Chorus] Porch light promise, hold me close (hold me close) Quiet love, but it grows and grows (it grows) Porch light promise, I come back To the soft little place we know (Oh, oh) you and me (Oh, oh) we don’t run