The Light On The Back Porch Door lyrics

I turn down the covers and I smooth the satin sheets

Pretending I don't do that for every man I meet

And then I let my hair hand down and make myself smell pretty

With that special kind of perfume

That comes straight from New York City

Chorus:

On the corner of Elm in the south side of town

Take the second right past Shelby's Hardware Store

There's a little white house where the curtains are drawn

And a dim red light on the back porch door

The streetlight on the corner shining circles on the floor

The music from the Hi-Fi slowly drifting through the door

Softly then I'll smile at you and take you by the hand

For a while I'll make you know how good it is to be a man

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Now we lie here in the darkness and we share a cigarette

Till it's time to turn and softly say goodnight with no regret

I know there's people in this world, who'd say "It just ain't right"

But there's no man who ever lived you'd trade places with tonight

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• Artist:Vicki Lawrence
• Album:Ships in the Night