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Date: Fri, 9 Jan 98 17:27:38 MST
 From: ah827@rgfn.epcc.Edu (Gene L. Graham)
 Subject: IF THE WORLD HAD A FRONT PORCH
 IF THE WORLD HAD A FRONT PORCH
 Recorded by Tracy Lawrence
 Words and music by Paul Nelson, Jr., Kenneth Beard & Tracy Lawrence
 It was where my mama sat, on that old swing with her crochet
 It was where granddaddy taught me, how to cuss and how to pray
 It was where we made our own ice cream, those sultry summer nights
 Where the bulldog had her puppies and us brothers had our fights.
 
 There were many nights I'd sit right there and look out at the stars
 To the sound of a distant whippoorwill or the hum of a passing 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 had a front porch, like we did back then
 We'd still have our problems, but we'd all be friends
 Treating your neighbor, like he's you next of kin
 Wouldn't be gone with the wind
 If the world had a front porch, like we did back then.
 
 Purple hulls and pintos, I've shelled more than my share
 As lightning bugs and crickets dance in the evening air
 And like a beacon that that old yellow bulb, it always led me home
 Somehow mama alway knew just when to leave it on.
 
 CHORUS
 
 Treating 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.