Track Insight / Lyrics
Salt dried deep in these old hands
Forty years at lantern's command
Now I rock on weathered planks
Watch the pumpkin's orange flanks
Pumpkin light on midnight porch
Rain slicks the boards, the candle's torch
Keeper knows the tide will turn
Flame holds fast through every burn
Knife carved triangles for eyes
Crooked mouth in jagged guise
Wick was lit at sundown's fade
Wax runs down the blade I made
Pumpkin light on midnight porch
Rain slicks the boards, the candle's torch
Keeper knows the tide will turn
Flame holds fast through every burn
Fog horn moans from harbor mouth
Gulls sleep silent, heading south
Witching hour strikes on the bell
Pumpkin watches, holding well
Pumpkin light on midnight porch
Rain slicks the boards, the candle's torch
Keeper knows the tide will turn
Flame holds fast through every burn
Once I trimmed the wick so high
Guided ships where gulls fly
Now this gourd does keeper's work
Steady flame through midnight murk
No tower lens to turn tonight
Just this porch and candle light
Same duty, different shore
Guiding spirits to my door
Dawn will steal the pumpkin's crown
Wax pools hard on wood worn down
But tonight I keep the watch
Harbor lights and porch light match
Pumpkin light on midnight porch
Rain slicks the boards, the candle's torch
Keeper knows the tide will turn
Flame holds fast through every burn
Pumpkin light on midnight porch
Keeper's watch through Halloween
Candle gutters, morning near
Keeper nods, another year