Red Barns and People Get Old

Please don't knock, come right in the door
Take your boots off boy, I just mopped the floor
Hang up your hat now, come sit on down
I've got the coffee on, so nice to have you around

I've lived here almost all my life
He was a good man boy, I was a good wife
Sometimes I catch myself fixing his cup
I lay his best shirt out, but when time's up it's just up
When time's up it's just up

You and me we've got clover in our skin
We've got dirt under our nails
And horses to tend
You and me we don't ever sleep
We've got roots that run deep
And a promise to keep
A promise to keep

You know me, I've done my best
To keep the hay crop up and the cattle fed
This life isn't easy without him around
It is the same kind of quiet, just lonelier now
Just lonelier now

You and me we've got clover in our skin
We've got dirt under our nails
And horses to tend
You and me we don't ever sleep
We've got roots that run deep
And a promise to keep
A promise to keep
A promise to keep

Sometimes he comes back
His words out your lungs
His seat in you saddle
His hands in your gloves
It could be a burden to inherit the work
But when God's in the tall grass
You live in his church
You live in his church
You live in his church

You and me we've got clover in our skin
We've got dirt under our nails
And horses to tend
You and me we don't ever sleep
We've got roots that run deep
And a promise to keep
A promise to keep
A promise to keep

You and me we know all about the cold
We know that children leave home
Red barns and people get old
People get old