Sittin' On The Front Porch Swing Lyrics - Dolly Parton

I remember the time when the bloom was on the cotton 

When our hearts chased the clouds like the swallows on their wings 

Winter cares which we're already few or soon forgotten 

Just sittin' on the front porch swing 

Oh we sit every Sunday and watched the married ladies 

And we dreamed of white dresses and church bells in the spring 

And they talked and painted their nails while they let us hold their babies 

Sittin' on the front porch swing 

Where was I when the time came to join the married ladies 

Why did I paint the nail when the finger had no ring 

Why do I sit at night at my age to hold their baby 

Sittin' on the front porch swing 

When the mind longs to follow but the memory erases 

And the lips form the words that the heart no longer sings 

When the leaves in the hollow have been died to match our faces 

Sittin' on the front porch swing 

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Oh we'll dream of the time when the bloom was on the cotton 

When our hearts chased the clouds like the swallows on their wings 

But the words to the rhyme are the only things forgotten 

Sittin' on the front porch swing 

Sittin' on the front porch swing 

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