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Her black hair and her dark brown skin
would hold the summer heat
As she chased the bugs into the lone tree's shade
Her momma hung the laundry out and stoked the kitchen fire
While her daddy worked not very far away.
He came in from between the rows that
kept his family fed
Though she never saw a nickel or a dime
She knew he earned their living bringing in another's crops
But didn't know that he just called it buyin' time.
(Chorus)
She saw a 37 Ford Sedan that threw a cloud of dust (47 sedan
on second verse)
That drifted like a ghost to where she stood
She watched it speed away
Like it did every day
Past the big green field
And house of falling wood.
Sometimes while playing in the yard she'd peek between the
planks
Those cracks at least a little finger wide
And where weathered wood let sunlight in across a barren room
She could see her future out the other side.
She wanted something different, she
wanted something more
She wished and prayed and hoped without despair
But as she outgrew her dresses, as seasons came and went
All she thought about was what to eat and wear.
(Chorus and Instrumental)
One Sunday as she walked to church a
half a mile away
She saw a boy who'd grown into a man
He paid her some attention, she paid him back with love
And they raised a daughter on familiar land
(First verse – close with it)
Copyright 2008
Mark Andrew Smith
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