Johnny Mike Songwriter Music

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Mama counted dollars
Daddy counted change
Little hands and sippy cups
Puppy in the lane
Grandma spiked the punch bowl
Laughed until she cried
Work boots by the back door
Love was rich inside
[Pre-Chorus]
Cabinets looked brand new
Though the bills were thin
If the world got cold out there
We all came back in
[Chorus]
Back to that kitchen
That old kitchen light
Where we made a little out of
Not much in our life
Back to that kitchen
Where the whole world fit
If the table stayed crowded
Then we had enough of it
[Verse 2]
Grandma’s gone now
Daddy poured a round
Baseball bats and gloves leaned up
By the back door now
Teenage girl on the phone
Laughing with her friends
Kids and cousins raiding plates
And we fed them all again
[Pre-Chorus]
Cabinets wore a little
From the years we’d seen
But the room stayed open
Like a memory machine
[Chorus]
Back to that kitchen
That old kitchen light
Where we made a little out of
Not much in our life
Back to that kitchen
Where the whole world fit
If the table stayed crowded
Then we had enough of it
[Verse 3]
Now the children bring their children
In from miles away
Ring around the table
On a Sunday stay
Now the punch bowl’s stronger
Everybody wants a sip
Cabinets are weathered
From a lifetime of this
[Bridge]
Different shoes by the back door
Different hands at the sink
Same old laugh in the rafters
Same old reason we drink
Same old room, same old blessing
Same old place to land
Everything around it changes
But the kitchen still can
[Chorus]
Back to that kitchen
That old kitchen light
Where we made a little out of
Not much in our life
Back to that kitchen
Where the whole world fit
If the table stayed crowded
Then we had enough of it
[Outro]
Yeah, the house grew up around it
But it never moved an inch
That old kitchen
Holds us together still