Paint peeled back like sunburned shoulders
Weeds cracked asphalt into boulders
Speaker boxes clamped on Fords and Chevys
Static hiss through window levies
Reel one sputters reel two catches
Kids sneak in through broken latches
Popcorn grease on denim patches
Porch side picture show tonight
Rocking slow in amber light
Projector coughs the film strip jumps
Chair remembers all the bumps
Porch side picture show tonight
Rocking slow in amber light
Marquee letters spelling nothing
Rusted hinges groan like something
Ticket booth swallowed by kudzu vines
Last feature faded past the lines
Reel one sputters reel two catches
Kids sneak in through broken latches
Popcorn grease on denim patches
Porch side picture show tonight
Rocking slow in amber light
Projector coughs the film strip jumps
Chair remembers all the bumps
Porch side picture show tonight
Rocking slow in amber light
Speaker cones ate summer thunder
Driveway ruts dug deep asunder
Lovers initials carved in pine
Now just splinters resin time
Porch side picture show tonight
Rocking slow in amber light
Projector coughs the film strip jumps
Chair remembers all the bumps
Porch side picture show tonight
Rocking slow in amber light
Projectionist retired eighty-three
Left his lens caps by the tea
Bulb blew out no replacement came
Weeds write credits wind writes names
Porch side picture show tonight
Rocking slow in amber light
Projector coughs the film strip jumps
Chair remembers all the bumps
Porch side picture show tonight
Rocking slow in amber light
Now I rock the empty porch boards
Counting screws and rusted chords
Order up the show is done
Chair keeps rocking fading sun
Porch side picture show tonight
Rocking slow in amber light
Projector coughs the film strip jumps
Chair remembers all the bumps
Porch side picture show tonight
Rocking slow in amber light
One last reel in golden light
Chair keeps rocking through the night
Coffee's cold the grill is clean
Rock steady on the porch machine
