Nothin' really ends
For things to stay the same
They have to change again
Hello my old friend
You change your name
But not the ways you play pretend
American Requiem
Them big ideas are buried here
Amen
It's a lot of talkin' goin' on
While I sing my song
Can you hear me
I said Do you hear me
Looka there looka there now
Looka there looka there
Looka-looka looka there looka there
Looka-looka looka there looka there
Looka-looka looka there looka there
Looka-looka looka there looka there
It's a lotta chatter in here
But let me make myself clear
Can you hear me
Or do you fear me
Can we stand for something
Now is the time to face the wind
Coming in peace and love y'all
Oh a lot of takin' up space
Salty tears beyond my gaze
Can you stand me
Ooh ah
Can we stand
Can you stand with me
Can we stand for something
Now is the time to face the wind
Now ain't the time to pretend
Now is the time to let love in
Thinkin' to myself
Oh it's a lot of talkin' goin' on
While I sing my song
Do you hear me when I say
Do you hear me when I say Ah
Looka there looka there
Looka look
Looka-looka-looka-looka-looka
Looka-looka there looka there
L-l-l-l-l-l-l-l-l-l-looka there
Oh looka there looka there
Looka there looka there
L-l-l-l-l-l-l-l-l-l-l
Can we stand for something
Now is the time to face the wind
Now ain't the time to pretend
Now is the time to let love in
Together can we stand
Looka there looka in my hand
The grandbaby of a moonshine man
Gadsden Alabama
Got folk down in Galveston rooted in Louisiana
Used to say I spoke too country
And the rejection came
Said I wasn't country 'nough
Said I wouldn't saddle up but
If that ain't country
Ttell me what is
Plant my bare feet on solid ground for years
They don't don't know how hard
I had to fight for this
When I sang my song
Goodbye to what has been
A pretty house that we never settled in
A funeral for fair-weather friends
I am the one to cleanse me
Of my Father's sins
American Requiem
Them big ideas are buried here
Amen