Joel Haver – Wrap Around Porch
My new album “Beating Off in the The Notebook House” OUT NOW – https://open.spotify.com/album/0ImLtWfXTMRu8RVk3fMu8l?si=QhTvALxJRvmLfIacFGqB2A
Music Mixed and Produced by – @MyKeyTheArtist
Mastered by – @trentzulkiewicz5700
Lyrics and Piano by me
Help shooting the music video from @toddthebrand @cerspence and Gabe Barhydt
Remember when I climbed that Ferris wheel
I gave you quite the surprise
The way you said I made you feel
Didn’t match the look in your eyes
Remember when we saw that old house
Said we’d fix it up good
Take that raggedy hunk of junk
And build a home in the neighborhood
Well I took that old house
And I made it mine
Even built that wrap around porch
With you wrapped around my mind
I got my photo in the paper
It only took me seven years
Holding up my promises
While holding back tears
Remember when you met my old man
He could tell you turned my world around
You took that raggedy silly boy
Right out of the lost and found
I’d be lucky to be half the man
That that man was for me
At the very least I’ll make some plans
And turn them into memories
Well I did just that
Problem is something’s missing
Sitting on that wrap around porch
With you wrapped around my dreams
I wonder if you saw my picture
It was on the front page
I’ve wondered if you’d come back
While wasting away my days
I hope that you saw our new house
With that porch wrapped around
And thought to yourself I miss that boy
The one from the lost and found
Remember when we saw that old house
Snuck in through the front door
I laid out some blankets
And we made love on the floor
I think of that night every day
The memory should get me through
And when the sunlight goes away
So too will you
Other Channels –
Joel Talks About Movies – https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTy7s81ii4fe4xNMGFNwYxA
goodlongpee – https://www.youtube.com/c/goodlongpee
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@Joel-Haver
May 19, 2026 at 10:55 pm
This is a song off of my new album "Beating Off in the The Notebook House", check it out if you want! Thanks!
Spotify – https://open.spotify.com/album/0ImLtWfXTMRu8RVk3fMu8l?si=6Dz6o9IESQyE-CZg9MkAAg
YouTube Music – https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lBboCwAi9JQld2fOOEz7V8jMuct5TCnCo&si=8cxnTsESA4cv8N2c
Apple Music – https://music.apple.com/us/album/beating-off-in-the-the-notebook-house/1819130141
@ThatHatFamily
May 19, 2026 at 10:55 pm
We want goodlongpee
@thejamespappershow
May 19, 2026 at 10:55 pm
soooo inspiring!!!!
@infinitemango8840
May 19, 2026 at 10:55 pm
Reminds me kinda of the wall
@jayksterkenburg
May 19, 2026 at 10:55 pm
Flight of the Conchords level stuff going on here
@duncankrammer6724
May 19, 2026 at 10:55 pm
Joel Haver keeps me up writing poetry
Remembering, remembering that I, too, have the bug
That creeps and crawls
Skin isn’t dry
I’m Waterboy
Wet and weeping all of the things that felt good
In my youth
That keep feeling good today
When I remember, remember to flex the muscles
I want to be somebody
I remembered, remembered while the muscles flexed;
While the bug creeped;
While Joel Haver kept me up writing poetry
@gbs-v5m
May 19, 2026 at 10:55 pm
Tom Waits' long lost son
@jasonherrmann8733
May 19, 2026 at 10:55 pm
@Joel-Haver You miss her and thought it would be different. I hear you dude. It can be sad and your song made me thing of those same types of feelings of loss. Its good to share those sad things. Its also good to find the things that have turned out right. You've made me laugh and cry dude. You are a part of everyone who watches you. Things havs turned out right. Keep doing the things you love. We find meaning in it all from the silly to the sad stuff.
@6884
May 19, 2026 at 10:55 pm
fun guy doing sad art is a classic trope that will never not work <3 thanks Joel, i hope all is good in life
@Nubenhoofer
May 19, 2026 at 10:55 pm
Man that was depressing a shit
@MatthewAcostaMusic
May 19, 2026 at 10:55 pm
1) is this based on The Notebook
2) is this vocal style based on the National?
@TheBeardedTattooer
May 19, 2026 at 10:55 pm
the notebook obv
@rooty
May 19, 2026 at 10:55 pm
That frog croak "remember" goes insaneo style
@Fundylmental
May 19, 2026 at 10:55 pm
What an artist. Love your stuff dude.
@LoveToCare126
May 19, 2026 at 10:55 pm
Jack Stauber tribute? And entirely Joel Haver…yes.
@RonanS88
May 19, 2026 at 10:55 pm
Mark Lanegan reborn!
@TheSparrowLooksUp
May 19, 2026 at 10:55 pm
Gorgeous
@ypdoneit7081
May 19, 2026 at 10:55 pm
You must be the third Ween brother
@fcantil
May 19, 2026 at 10:55 pm
why'd it take me entire video to realize this is an entire practical setup and not just VFX 😭
Bravo, Joel!
@Gooball-64
May 19, 2026 at 10:55 pm
Such an enigma
@averagejoelego
May 19, 2026 at 10:55 pm
This reminds me of Diddy TV, a children’s show that was on in the UK
@ColaOfKoala
May 19, 2026 at 10:55 pm
This was really bad Joel.
@spenstarcreed9843
May 19, 2026 at 10:55 pm
In a good way
@spenstarcreed9843
May 19, 2026 at 10:55 pm
to me this exemplifies the song exactly what nobody wanted by Jeffrey Lewis
@spenstarcreed9843
May 19, 2026 at 10:55 pm
This is horrifying (good way)
@pvtglarson1
May 19, 2026 at 10:55 pm
damn this was a packed house
@carrolte1
May 19, 2026 at 10:55 pm
If she comes back now. She is just a gold digger. Sorry Man. Love you.
@zinglebingle-k6i
May 19, 2026 at 10:55 pm
…the notebook?
@WaterBottle-4c09
May 19, 2026 at 10:55 pm
very creative!
@ToaPohatuNuva
May 19, 2026 at 10:55 pm
I'm having a weird Mandela Effect where I could have sworn I watched this video back in April, not just 4 weeks ago. This summer has gone by so fast, but it feels like months ago since I watched this video. It's so weird realizing how unreliable memory is.
@klyanadkmorr
May 19, 2026 at 10:55 pm
I totally imagine this is Jason Knauf singing this to himself when William has no time for him while going on vacation with his wife and kids. LOL IYKYK
@samnelson7428
May 19, 2026 at 10:55 pm
The Pink Opaque is very similar to this song
@tjazzington
May 19, 2026 at 10:55 pm
Amazing!! This just made my day!
@Felttipfuzzywuzzyflyguy
May 19, 2026 at 10:55 pm
This is incredible.
@PaulSimon-bruhcat
May 19, 2026 at 10:55 pm
Might sound weird but this album hurts in just the right way that I can floss my teeth really well to it.
@natevankirk
May 19, 2026 at 10:55 pm
I've never seen anything like this before. Creativity isn't dead
@StandAgainstTheCartels
May 19, 2026 at 10:55 pm
Why did the main character of The Notebook threaten his life climbing the ferris wheel to get her attention? If your friend told someone, "No," multiple times, do you really want this stranger to threaten suicide or breaking both legs to force your friend into a date? Is that romantic? Do you really want your friend in a relationship with someone who can't take a "no" without escalating to threatening violence?
Why did, as a couple, they always fight with each other? Did he do any learning on how to peacefully resolve conflict? Why would she want to go back to a relationship that was full of conflict when her new partner is clearly more mature and knows how to talk stuff out? Why did she give up painting until she started cheating on her fiancee? Was her fiancee in any way stopping her artistic expression? Why did Ryan Gosling's character have to build a mansion on a lakeside property to get her attention? Imagine a guy writing to a girl every day for a year and never getting a reply, then instead of getting the message and moving on he spends 7 years fixing up a mansion hoping it'll get her attention. Imagine a guy doing that with calls or texts to an ex, would you recommend he move on or would you recommend he instead start an expensive multi-year project designed to MAYBE get the attention of the ex one time?
I know it's "just a movie" but it's set in the real world, not a galaxy far far away, yet the decisions characters make are crazy and toxic even for the 1950s.
@sevenllsepia
May 19, 2026 at 10:55 pm
This is funny.
j🧍🏼♂️<-look Joel, it’s tiny you!
The video vvas also very creative, adjective, humerous, adective, & heartfelt. You should be proud.
Tiny Joel stole the j from that word between the commas.
What a rascal.
@zalafinari
May 19, 2026 at 10:55 pm
Haven't seen any other comments mention them but I feel like this has a very Negativland vibe/style to it. Love both the song and visual presentation of the video.
@paradoxparty
May 19, 2026 at 10:55 pm
Watching this with my wife and she asked, "Is this about 'The Notebook?'" Scrolling down to the comments, we saw your pinned comment saying this was from your album 'Beating Off in The Notebook House'. So…mystery solved, I guess.
@sebastiansullivan4770
May 19, 2026 at 10:55 pm
❤
@mattv4444
May 19, 2026 at 10:55 pm
Why Joel look so hot at the end tho?
@davidleonard3175
May 19, 2026 at 10:55 pm
I work on a crisis line for people in distress/wanting to end things. This song makes me cry because it reminds me of all the people who are alone, especially the elderly. They are desperate to talk to anyone, so they call us and literally tell me stories of their best memories.
I dunno this song just hits ❤
@libralizard
May 19, 2026 at 10:55 pm
This elicited manly tears from me.
@shirtycurty8068
May 19, 2026 at 10:55 pm
I will say that Joel is the most genuine passionate creator I've ever seen on any media platform. He dedicated himself to making little comedy sketches consistently for YEARS and I remember when he had an astonishingly low amount of subs and every single video they'd be comments saying "HOW has this guy not been picked up by YouTubes algorithm yet" and you could just tell that Joel didn't worry himself about that. And now that he HAS the subs, it hasn't pigeonholed him into doing sketches forever. He's expanded into other areas which he's now passionate about and it is amazing
@jeremysmith7176
May 19, 2026 at 10:55 pm
How dare YouTube not show me this sooner. And how dare that I didn't watch this sooner.
@TheMartyredextras
May 19, 2026 at 10:55 pm
great video? How'd you achieve the curtain effect? did you have to swap out the background for every shot or was the curtain something recorded separately and reused?
@macbookorchestra
May 19, 2026 at 10:55 pm
Nice Tom Waits impression
@gravemethod
May 19, 2026 at 10:55 pm
😭
@frostbot117
May 19, 2026 at 10:55 pm
It's like you're singing into a box fan.