Holdin'

Holdin'

(play song)

Sittin' in your very own chair

Theres probably a very nice moon up there

But right now, Lord, I really

Need that roof

I've takin my share of

The good and the bad

Still got the scars

From some awful blows

I'm still sittin, but

Sometimes it's time to go

Sitiin' near somebody

That needs my ear

They been watching my

Disaster, now, for years

But they're closer than the blood

In the veins of the folks 

Who left me

Reachin' for the simple things

That any man might need

Driftin' from the fact that 

My heart's controlled by greed

I guess a losers got to do

The very thing he wishes

He doesn't need

Cookin' for this crowd of folks

Who'd rather be alone

Asking after every broken

Soul I've ever known

Praying while some smiling

Fool spins some cherries 

Into Gold... Baby that's a fortune, sure

One I've never known

Holdin' in the middle of the night

The hand of  you, honey,

Cus' you crossed my mind

Why'd you whisper in my ear

The sort of thing some folks never hear

Why'd you whisper in my ear

The sort of thing some folks never hear

You'd be surprised the non-sense I'll endure

Just to have my baby near

You'd be surprised how much I don't 

Deserve you dear

Holdin'

Holdin'

Holdin'

Holdin'

Near the Graveyard Where Chestnuts are Gone

River valley farm fields

Early spring time

Cus' you can't help but stare

You drown the engine 

To the soft purr of barely goin'

Hardly anyone wants to get somewhere

In this place nobody knows

You broke my heart when we were

Barely grown

But baby somehow I could see

So I begged you not to leave 

One day, honey, could we lay

Beneath the stones?

Hand in hand, down the street 

Once again, around the bend

Sometimes these days you simply 

Turn to me and grin

We're too damn old to need to 

Pay someone to watch a babe

So our joints can creak us all the way

To our same old place for a date

I know I'll never be as good

As you were dreamin'

One day you could be in love 

But the stars are stuck in 

The same damn constellation

As when we fought in Paris

As when we kissed in Louisville

I'm sorry you're on the ground here 

With me... instead of far above

You broke my heart, love

When we were barely grown

But baby, somehow I could see

So I begged you not to leave

One day, love, could we lay

Beneath the stones

Your Mamma used to look

At me and sigh

She knew that she had nothin' much

To worry with this guy

I guess she asked you why you were

Willing to waste your beauty 

On a fool

Man it took a long long time

To prove the cruel

Way I begged you home

You broke my heart, love

When we were barely grown

But baby, somehow I could see

So I begged you not to leave

One day, love, could we lay

Beneath the stones

Guess I'll finish my water

Honey, you done with your wine?

We'll take the long way home

Near the graveyard where Chestnuts are gone

You know I love it when you scream

Big ole kiss... from the same

Son of a Bitch,

Who couldn't fool you in his dreams

The woods is reachin'

Straight over the road

Through the winter trees

We can see the fog on the gravestones

Somehow I got to spend a little time in this life

With a stranger who one day was called my wife

We'll be there soon, but hon, not alone

You broke my heart, love

When we were barely grown

But baby, somehow I could see

So I begged you not to leave

One day, love, we will lay

Beneath the stones

You broke my heart, love

When we were barely grown

But baby, somehow I could see

So I begged you not to leave

One day, love, we will lay

Beneath the stones