If World Had A Front Porch

chords It was()swing with her crochet()where grandaddy taught(), It was()ice cream those(), where the()pies, and us(), There were many nights I'd sit right there and look out at the stars, to the sound of a distant wippoorwhill, or the hum of a passin' car, it was where I first got up the nerve to steal me my first kiss, and it was where I learned to play guitar and pray I had the gift, CHORUS: If the world(), ()but we'd all be friends, () (), if the world()porch like() Purple hulls and pintos, I've shelled more than my share, lighting bugs and crickets, Danced in the evening air, and like a beacon that ole' yellow moon it always lead me home, some how mama always knew, just when to leave it on, repeat chorus: Treatin your neighbor like he's your next of kin wouldn't be gone with the wind, if the world had a front porch, like we did back then.