Good Lord Willin'

Summer days we'd cast bait on a line
He said stay all you want buddy I don't mind
When it was time to leave those hugs were tight
My heart would ache would there be another time?
The good lord willin' and the creek don't rise

Orange days we're hunting in the fall
Those chilled early mornings we didn't talk at all
Silence at the time was satiable
Will those times make me more the wise?
The good lord willin' and the creek don't rise

I'm running fast, cause I never know if these good times will last
But today the water's low
One of these days the creek is gonna rise
All that's left a picture in my mind
Is a wrinkled smile telling me
I'll be just fine

Sunday to church in the Cadillac
He never let that offering plate pass
Others were first to leave and he was last
I hope my heart can be half his size
The good lord willin' and the creek don't rise

He drove that bus every morning at six
He said don't trust your memory
Always make a list
And there was nothing duck tape couldn't fix
Be a good ol' boy these words he swore by
The good lord willin' and the creek don't rise

I'm running fast, cause I never know if these good times will last
But today the water's low
One of these days the creek is gonna rise
All that's left a picture in my mind
Is a wrinkled smile telling me
I'll be just fine

The good lord willin' and the creek don't rise
We'll be back again cause grandad never lied
But there's not always another time
I just want to go back but that was not his rhyme
The good lord willin' and the creek don't rise

I'm running fast, cause I never know if these good times will last
But today the water's low
One of these days the creek is gonna rise
All that's left a picture in my mind
Is a wrinkled smile telling me
I'll be just fine