Stranger Here Myself:
Southern sky is burning out like a match
Past the property line where the creek sits
And those thoughts you bury in the spring are gonna grow back
My old man he got this land cheap
So I guess one day it will be passed down to me
These hands will finally know responsibility
Because I’m a stranger here myself
So I can’t tell you what turn it was you missed
Yeah, I’m a stranger here myself
This porch has claimed its share of nights
Spent on words that helped at first but then did not
And for all the words we spoke, we never said much
By a wood burning stove all stories were told
Heard the hammering rain drive the gravel road
And who were we kidding leaving like we had somewhere to go
credits
from Steel Hearts,
released March 1, 2009
Words and Music: Kent Eugene Goolsby
Stocked Pond Publishing (BMI)
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