You trade a pocket for a pocket knife You forget me in your new disguise You smile, I'm glad to be here, yeah Stay awake Don't be afraid of everything Stay awake Don't be afraid of everything A rose by porch light Every day you're one day older But you say it's alright Would you say you're getting closer To waking up happy Now you're alone and not with me And I guess that I cannot do right And I think it's all the pain that I can stand tonight, yeah Kick, scratch, and claw Don't seem so empty While your seventh sister weaves away Stay awake Don't be afraid of everything Stay awake Don't be afraid of everything A rose by porch light Every day you're one day older But you say it's alright Would you say you're getting closer To waking up happy Now you're alone and not with me And I guess that I cannot do right And I think it's all the pain that I can stand tonight Sweet like candy-painted toes Sweet like everything above the ground will grow A rose by porch light Every day you're one day older But you say it's alright Would you say you're getting closer To waking up happy Now you're alone and not with me And I guess that I cannot do right And I think it's all the pain that I can stand tonight