A Song for Our Grandfathers

Lyrics

[Verse 1] Been a long time, in a low place Surrounded by what I have made Need to get away Get away from what relates And what was done, 'cause it's all over now Through the woods, I come running to loose leaf And carve my name In the lines, there's not a trace I hear the ghost whisper, and those old eyes watching me But I feel safe, grandfather looking over me [Chorus] He said, "Don't make 'em wait Gotta go a long way Let's be brave Don't make 'em wait No, don't make them wait" [Verse 2] I sat down, with a coffee on my bent knee Looking out, at the burnt land, looking back at me These used to be green crops And high on a summer breeze Now it's fallow fields and clear-cut barren weeds They said that if I stared The abyss would stare back at me So I did... And I felt it slowly creep in me Save for the smoke, that danced when I took a drag It made me think about the way it all came to be Grandmama watching over me [Chorus] And she said, "Don't make 'em wait Gotta go a long way Let's be brave, show them the way Nah, don't make them wait" [Bridge] Don't make them wait, nah Don't make them wait [Outro] I hear the ghost whisper And those old eyes watching me But I feel safe I feel safe