[Verse 1]
Broken toys on a dirty floor
Mom laid out on the couch again
Fridge light
But there’s nothing cold
Just a scared little boy and his hunger
Blue lights painted every wall
Last ride in his daddy’s handcuffs
Swore he’d never turn out like that
Still he learned how the metal door shuts
[Chorus]
From cellblock to front porch swing
Twenty years gone
But I’m still standing
Got a dog in the yard
My woman laughing
Keys on the counter of a house I own
I was born in the fire
Somehow I grew
From a nightmare life to this Sunday view
From cellblock to front porch swing
I made it home
[Verse 2]
Tattoo dates on my left arm
Each one someone I had to bury
Judge said
“Boy
You’ll die in chains”
I said
“Watch me come back different”
Read my name on that parole sheet
Hands shook like I’d seen a ghost
Walked out
Air hit like a second birth
Road dust rising off my old boots
[Chorus]
From cellblock to front porch swing
Twenty years gone
But I’m still standing
Got a dog in the yard
My woman laughing
Keys on the counter of a house I own
I was born in the fire
Somehow I grew
From a nightmare life to this Sunday view
From cellblock to front porch swing
I made it home
[Bridge]
Now my son sleeps through the night
He has never heard a siren at the door (thank God)
I tuck him in
Turn out the light
Kiss my wife
Toes on that hardwood floor
I still see that boy sometimes
Shaking in the dark
Praying for a way out
I tell him
“Hold on
You’ll see
One day we’re the ones turning the lights out”
[Chorus]
From cellblock to front porch swing
Twenty years gone
But I’m still standing
Got a dog in the yard
My woman laughing
Keys on the counter of a house I own
I was born in the fire
Somehow I grew
From a nightmare life to this Sunday view
From cellblock to front porch swing
I made it home (I made it home)