The Front Porch Song

D# Cm this old porch is like a big old red and white hereford bull G# standing under a mesquite tree A# out in agua dulce D# and he just keeps on playing hide and seek Cm with that hot august sun G# just A - sweatin’ and A - pantin’ A# cause his work is never done D# Cm and this old porch is like a steaming , greasy plate of enchiladas G# with lots of cheese and onions A# and a guacamole salad D# and you can get’em down at the lasalle hotel Cm in old downtown G# with iced tea and a waitress A# and she will smile every time D# and this old porch is the palace walk - in Cm on the main street of texas G# that’s never seen the day A# of G and r and xs D# with that ’62 poster Cm that’s almost faded down G# and a screen without a picture A# since giant came to town D# and this old porch is like a weathered , gray - haired Cm seventy years of texas G# who’s doing all he can A# not to give in to the city D# and he always takes the rent late Cm so long as i run his cattle G# and he picks me up at dinnertime A# and i listen to him rattle D# he says the brazos still runs muddy Cm just like she’s run all along G# and there ain’t never been no cane to grind A# the cotton’s all but gone D# and you know this brand new chevrolet Cm hell it was something back in ’60 G# but now there won’t nobody listen to him A# cause they all think he’s crazy D# and this old porch is just a long time Cm of waiting and forgetting G# and remembering the coming back A# and not crying about the leaving D# and remembering the falling down Cm and the laughter of the curse of luck G# from all of those passerby A# who said we’d never get back up D# this old porch is just a long time Cm of waiting and forgetting G# and remembering the coming back A# and not crying about the leaving D# and remembering the falling down Cm and the laughter of the curse of luck G# from all of those sons - of - B * * * hes A# D# who said we’d never get back up