Every ending that you ever rushed
Stings like cinder, slow as rust
Shotgun slug found in the middle of
A field of red bags, ripe with Vidalias
[Refrain]
Time ain't always kind
To the shakin' child or the slippin' mind
[Verse 2]
Every heart that you ever loved
Ragged wrung and divvied up
Fallow tracts to a scythe, a dove
A cellar stocked with bushels of
[Pre-Chorus]
Time ain't always kind
To the shakin' child or the slippin' mind
[Chorus]
Hallelujah, turpentine
We can tend the land for a little while
Bones of those beneath the boundary lines
East in sets first, and then clockwise, clockwise
[Verse 3]
Every acre that you ever owned
Hissed and split like a radiator hose
I seen your kinfolk walkin' the meadows
Burrs and burns, but not alone
[Pre-Chorus]
Time ain't always kind
To the shakin' child or the slippin' mind
[Chorus]
Hallelujah, turpentine
We can tend the land for a little while
Bones of those beneath the boundary lines
East in sets first, and then clockwise, clockwise