Rubicon Kiteaux Music

Lyrics

I’ve rocked a thousand summer nights
Watched front-yard flags and fireflies light

I’ve heard the news from far-off wars

Felt the prayers behind screen doors

Mamas cried and babies grew

On these old chains I always knew

Freedom’s sound ain’t a marching drum

It’s the creak when peace has come

I hang out back by the soldier’s stone

Under roots where his name’s been sown

He used to push his boy so high

Said, Reach for dreams, son — touch the sky

Now the wind does the swingin’ here

And I still hear him loud and clear

Don’t forget what freedom costs

When the leaves fall, remember the lost

Two swings in a land of grace

One holds laughter, one holds faith

From front porch peace to the backyard pain

Both were built for love that remains

They creak and hum, old songs still ring

Two hearts of wood that remember everything

Yeah, freedom hangs on simple things

Like two old swings and what they mean

I’ve carried wives through waiting years

Held their hope and caught their tears

Rocked through silence, prayed through night

Watched porch lights burn like candlelight

They called it waiting, I called it fightin’

Holdin’ steady, never frightenin’

Home was our mission too

Till that front gate opened new

Steel and rope, faith and oak

We’ve seen promises never broke

Heroes rest, but we remain

Guardians of what they gained

Two swings in a land of grace

One holds laughter, one holds faith

From the porch to the oak, the echoes sing

Of freedom’s cost and the peace it brings

We creak and hum, old glories cling

To the red, white, and blue of everything

Yeah, freedom hangs on simple things

Like two old swings… and what they mean

Swing easy now… you’ve earned your peace