Leave the porch light on, I'm coming home soon Leave the porch light on, I'm coming home soon It doesn't get easier, it just gets old I'm tired of growing and only visiting home Running laps on this rock, making it up as I go All I do is go Another day down the drain, I miss my mom and my dad I set up camp in the past and only ever get sad I moved an hour away to find myself, but now I Find the only thing I'm missing is the old times Leave the porch light on, I'm coming home soon Leave the porch light on, I'm coming home soon I cry when nothing is right, I cry when everything's great I laugh at all the wrong times, I never know what to say I'm reading books looking for the latest sweet escape Trying to live in the present, and failing every day I call my sister and she talks me off of a cliff I call my brothers and they make me laugh 'til I'm sick I keep on coming back home and getting too nostalgic Oh, to be 18 out late on Friday night again Leave the porch light on, I'm coming home soon Leave the porch light on, I'm coming home soon Don't be a stranger, don't go away Promise I'll come, but can't promise I'll stay I'll paint my bedroom walls, I'll rearrange I'll let the memories keep me in one place Leave the porch light on, I'm coming home soon