Shields of Mahogany

It's been five good years since I met my girl
For four and a half I've been travelin' the world
With this hard livin', big lovin', miles away you know we're comin'
Badass bluegrass band

In those early days my sweet Maryanne
She rambled around with the boys in the band
But that's hard livin', hard lovin', she said "hun you know what's comin'
I think it's time we go home"

But home is where the heart is
And you've never done me wrong
But there's nothin' like the feelin'
Of singin for the people our songs

My band of merry men kept on buryin'
Our burdens in songs of old Americans
Wielding shields of mahogany
We defend our right to be free

But there comes a time, time and time again
When a freedom you've found comes unravelin'
And what was true before just don't feel the same anymore
And I miss Maryanne

And I love these men more than anything
And I was half of a man before that first song we sang
But this is hard livin', hard lovin',
And I'm gonna be on that train that's coming
It's time to go home

Home is where the heart is
And my heart's a howlin' wind
And there ain't no use pretending
To know when it's comin' through town again