River Bend Whispers

Call me back home again Where the river bends And the wildflowers grow Soft whispers Do on the grass mama's hands Kneading bread by the fire's glow Daddy's call, rise in the room Chase the sun across the endless field Barefoot laughter echoing Through the valleys Those simple days They shape my wandering soul Oh, carry me home Where the hard storms are grown But your light never leaves Family ties like roots in the earth In the quiet nights It's your song that I can sing For you my love for you For you my love for you Years pulled me far To the city's cold Shady's coals on streets That never sleep But the ache grew heavy Like winter's long frost faces blur Yet you're shown clear in my sleep The hands that work the soil Weathered and true Taught me rhythm of living Honest and free Yet you're shown clear in my sleep The hands that work the soil Weathered and true Taught me the rhythm of living Honest and free But your light never leaves Family ties Like roots in the earth So deep in the quiet nights In the quiet nights It's your song that I keep Now the road bends back And I'm stepping through time Seeing the porch swing creek And the evening breeze regrets Fade like shadows that don't slide I've learned the words to say The worth of what I left behind Can buy what the heart holds dear Just the warmth of voices calling my name Oh, carry me home Where the heart finds its peace Through the storms I've roamed But your light never leaves family ties I've learned the words to say I've learned the words to say Like roots in the earth So deep in the quiet nights It's your song that I keep Like roots in the earth So deep in the quiet nights Like roots in the earth So deep in the quiet nights It's your song that I keep Like roots in the earth Like roots in the earth Like roots in the earth So deep in the quiet nights Like roots in the earth Like roots in the earth Like roots in the earth Like roots in the earth Like roots in the earth Like roots in the earth Like roots in the earth Like roots in the earth Like roots in the earth Like roots in the earth Like roots in the earth Like roots in the earth Like roots in the earth Like roots in the earth Like roots in the earth Like roots in the earth Like roots in the earth Like roots in the earth Like roots in the earth Like roots in the earth Like roots in the earth Like roots in the earth Like roots in the earth Like roots in the earth Like roots in the earth Like roots in the earth Like roots in the earth Like roots in the earth Like roots in the earth Like roots in the earth Like roots in the earth