Lyrics
[Verse 1]
The gravel road still hums beneath my wheels
That old oak tree still shades the mailbox, leaning still
I left at nineteen thinking I was grown
Ten years later, I'm crawling back home
[Chorus]
Screen door, screen door
It still creaks the way it did before
Screen door, screen door
Daddy's boots by the kitchen floor
Back through that old screen door
Where the light's still on and I'm home once more
[Verse 2]
Daddy's on the porch, rocking like he never stopped
He doesn't stand up, just nods, and my heart drops
I told myself I'd call, I told myself I'd write
But pride's a heavy anchor in the dead of night
[Chorus]
Screen door, screen door
It still creaks the way it did before
Screen door, screen door
Daddy's boots by the kitchen floor
Back through that old screen door
Where the light's still on and I'm home once more
[Bridge]
Mama sets a plate down, doesn't ask a thing
Just slides it closer — that's her kind of forgiving
She says, "Boy, the door was never locked at all."
And that's the part that breaks me most of all.
Never locked.
[Final Chorus]
Screen door, screen door
It still creaks the way it did before
Screen door, screen door
Daddy's boots by the kitchen floor
Back through that old screen door
Where the porch light's on and we all come home