[ilingku:136]
[ver:v1.0]
[ti:Weather Vane]
[ar:Common Market]
[al:Tobacco Road]
[by:]
[offset:0]
[00:00.000]Weather Vane - Common Market
[00:27.404]In this current climate of change it seems some things never will
[00:30.584]Age of my formation split between the grange and Pleasureville
[00:34.591]Skill and dedication gained appreciation for the work
[00:37.341]He's up early to serve stock feed and tend to burley
[00:40.091]Surely this man is a model though my role is cast in other fields
[00:43.391]Typify provisioner I empathize a brother feels
[00:46.511]Meaning in the motion goin' out to bring a promise home
[00:49.761]Son be there in spirit father left to do the job alone
[00:52.941]Shown the ways of older generations known little else
[00:56.191]Elements affect them all weather wear the mental health
[00:59.491]Down inside the dale driving bales on his own to think
[01:02.801]Arrived with the rye just shy of mad and prone to drink
[01:06.111]In an eye blink the storm clouds rolled in tension built
[01:08.981]Let em pass them attempt an intervention – get 'em killed
[01:12.471]Caught up in the tempest mother suffered nature's wrath
[01:15.281]When the neighbors asked quick to say she slipped takin' a bath but uh
[01:21.081]And when the cops came knockin' she tell 'em “I aint talkin'”
[01:25.641]The thrashin' don't happen often – he's a hard workin' man and the
[01:29.571]Baby's barely walkin' and the bills aint stoppin'
[01:32.251]A day lost will cost him – is it hard to understand
[01:34.501]Why the women keep livin' as the men keep hittin'
[01:37.561]Passively passin' it off as a victim of circumstance
[01:39.931]Here's a whole life given sacrificed for the children
[01:43.491]Let him loose he's got no use for a tender hand
[01:48.991]Never break it's a test of faith I bet tomorrow brings a better day
[01:52.931]Rest your frame help is on its way signs are blowin through the weather vane
[02:01.161]Death is grace like it says in James which of us will be kept to wait
[02:05.901]No don't hesitate no for heaven's sake just let us pray
[02:12.021]The Good Lord's gonna set him straight
[02:19.571]Last year drought took the crops now facin' floods
[02:22.501]Staples on the table aint enough what we scrapin' up will
[02:25.811]Go to pay the bank back partial payment – take that
[02:29.121]Life in dire straights will make a stark-raving maniac
[02:31.991]Tapped a fifth of vodka kicked her hard enough to break a rib
[02:35.981]Shhh – keep quiet too much cryin' she gon' wake the kids
[02:41.131]And when the cops came knockin' she tell em “I aint talkin'”
[02:44.881]It's only gon' be a problem when the farm don't yield
[02:47.811]You know a man's heart hardens when his fam starts starvin'
[02:51.051]The wind did in the garden now the rains claimed the field
[02:54.171]I'll take the weight of the burden if it means less hurtin'
[02:57.291]In crisis the type of person you're with is fully revealed
[02:59.981]Things may be more certain if you take away the bourbon
[03:04.111]Tired of fussin' I'll discuss it when the bones heal
[03:08.451]Never break it's a test of faith I bet tomorrow brings a better day
[03:14.821]Rest your frame help is on its way signs are blowin through the weather vane
[03:21.121]Death is grace like it says in James which of us will be kept to wait
[03:27.111]No don't hesitate no for heaven's sake just let us pray
[03:32.041]The Good Lord's gonna set him straight
[03:39.721]Baby times are tough but you know you're makin' em harder
[03:42.591]Household on the edge when you're wired on that firewater
[03:45.211]Daughter old enough to see the evidence herself
[03:47.771]He told her “mind your business ” nothing else then headed for the shelf
[03:51.881]Once he polished off a bottle started throttlin' the youngest son
[03:55.001]Nest threatened mama got the weapon now what's done is done
[04:01.621]And when the cops came knockin' she tell 'em “I aint talkin'”
[04:04.921]Drop the body in a coffin dig a hole and throw it in
[04:07.671]When the callous won't soften it's only one way to stop 'em
[04:11.231]He's gone but not forgotten are the scars in the skin
[04:14.031]A mother's resolve is steady with the volatile especially demanding
[04:18.741]Stand ready for the man to go again
[04:20.931]Spent enough time guessin' if the curse would turn deadly
[04:24.211]I heard every word you read me but I'm innocent
[04:28.521]Never break it's a test of faith I bet tomorrow brings a better day
[04:34.761]Rest your frame help is on its way signs are blowin through the weather vane
[04:41.271]Death is grace like it says in James which of us will be kept to wait
[04:47.201]No don't hesitate no for heaven's sake just let us pray
[04:51.941]The Good Lord's gonna set him straight