The story behind this song
Her coffee, his tea, six in the morning, the crossword half-done between them — and the wind chimes she hung in 'eighty-five still going. The porch light comes on first at dusk and goes off last, the way it has for sixty years.
Every name at every family table started with the two of them. For the grandparents whose two chairs hold the whole story.
Lyrics
Two chairs on a porch,
worn smooth in all the right places.
worn smooth in all the right places.
Her coffee, his tea, six in the morning,
wind chimes she hung in 'eighty-five,
crossword half-done between the two of you,
arguing five-across, so alive.
The whole street knows you by the porch light —
first on at dusk, last off at night —
sixty years of keeping watch
over everybody's lives.
wind chimes she hung in 'eighty-five,
crossword half-done between the two of you,
arguing five-across, so alive.
The whole street knows you by the porch light —
first on at dusk, last off at night —
sixty years of keeping watch
over everybody's lives.
Every road we drive
bends back to that porch.
bends back to that porch.
Two chairs, one story —
the one the whole family is from.
Every name at every table
started with the two of you, young.
Happy Grandparents Day — sit down, stay there.
Let us bring the coffee for once.
the one the whole family is from.
Every name at every table
started with the two of you, young.
Happy Grandparents Day — sit down, stay there.
Let us bring the coffee for once.
Grandma keeps the birthdays in a notebook,
Grandpa keeps the cars all running right,
between them they have caught every falling kid
this family ever dropped mid-flight.
The kitchen smells like cinnamon and engine grease —
somehow that's exactly love —
two people who decided once
and never once gave up.
Grandpa keeps the cars all running right,
between them they have caught every falling kid
this family ever dropped mid-flight.
The kitchen smells like cinnamon and engine grease —
somehow that's exactly love —
two people who decided once
and never once gave up.
Every road we drive
bends back to that porch.
bends back to that porch.
Two chairs, one story —
the one the whole family is from.
Every name at every table
started with the two of you, young.
Happy Grandparents Day — sit down, stay there.
Let us bring the coffee for once.
the one the whole family is from.
Every name at every table
started with the two of you, young.
Happy Grandparents Day — sit down, stay there.
Let us bring the coffee for once.
The grandkids' grandkids will hear about
the porch, the chimes, the light —
how two chairs held a dynasty
and a crossword every night.
the porch, the chimes, the light —
how two chairs held a dynasty
and a crossword every night.
Two chairs, one story —
the one the whole family is from.
Every name at every table
started with the two of you, young.
Happy Grandparents Day — sit down, stay there.
Let us bring the coffee for once.
the one the whole family is from.
Every name at every table
started with the two of you, young.
Happy Grandparents Day — sit down, stay there.
Let us bring the coffee for once.
Two chairs on a porch.
Don't you move a thing.
Don't you move a thing.
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