Weather Vane-Common Market

[ti:Weather Vane] [ar:Common Market] [al:Tobacco Road] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Weather Vane - Common Market [00:27.40]In this current climate of change it seems some things never will [00:30.58]Age of my formation split between the grange and Pleasureville [00:33.58] [00:34.59]Skill and dedication gained appreciation for the work [00:37.34]He's up early to serve stock feed and tend to burley [00:40.09]Surely this man is a model though my role is cast in other fields [00:43.39]Typify provisioner I empathize a brother feels [00:46.51]Meaning in the motion goin' out to bring a promise home [00:49.76]Son be there in spirit father left to do the job alone [00:52.94]Shown the ways of older generations known little else [00:56.19]Elements affect them all weather wear the mental health [00:59.49]Down inside the dale driving bales on his own to think [01:02.80]Arrived with the rye just shy of mad and prone to drink [01:06.11]In an eye blink the storm clouds rolled in tension built [01:08.98]Let em pass them attempt an intervention – get 'em killed [01:12.47]Caught up in the tempest mother suffered nature's wrath [01:15.28]When the neighbors asked quick to say she slipped takin' a bath but uh [01:20.15] [01:21.08]And when the cops came knockin' she tell 'em “I aint talkin'” [01:25.64]The thrashin' don't happen often – he's a hard workin' man and the [01:29.57]Baby's barely walkin' and the bills aint stoppin' [01:32.25]A day lost will cost him – is it hard to understand [01:34.50]Why the women keep livin' as the men keep hittin' [01:37.56]Passively passin' it off as a victim of circumstance [01:39.93]Here's a whole life given sacrificed for the children [01:43.49]Let him loose he's got no use for a tender hand [01:46.81] [01:48.99]Never break it's a test of faith I bet tomorrow brings a better day [01:52.93]Rest your frame help is on its way signs are blowin through the weather vane [01:59.73] [02:01.16]Death is grace like it says in James which of us will be kept to wait [02:05.90]No don't hesitate no for heaven's sake just let us pray [02:12.02]The Good Lord's gonna set him straight [02:14.57] [02:19.57]Last year drought took the crops now facin' floods [02:22.50]Staples on the table aint enough what we scrapin' up will [02:25.81]Go to pay the bank back partial payment – take that [02:29.12]Life in dire straights will make a stark-raving maniac [02:31.99]Tapped a fifth of vodka kicked her hard enough to break a rib [02:35.98]Shhh – keep quiet too much cryin' she gon' wake the kids [02:38.76] [02:41.13]And when the cops came knockin' she tell em “I aint talkin'” [02:44.88]It's only gon' be a problem when the farm don't yield [02:47.81]You know a man's heart hardens when his fam starts starvin' [02:51.05]The wind did in the garden now the rains claimed the field [02:54.17]I'll take the weight of the burden if it means less hurtin' [02:57.29]In crisis the type of person you're with is fully revealed [02:59.98]Things may be more certain if you take away the bourbon [03:02.60] [03:04.11]Tired of fussin' I'll discuss it when the bones heal [03:06.89] [03:08.45]Never break it's a test of faith I bet tomorrow brings a better day [03:13.07] [03:14.82]Rest your frame help is on its way signs are blowin through the weather vane [03:19.75] [03:21.12]Death is grace like it says in James which of us will be kept to wait [03:26.18] [03:27.11]No don't hesitate no for heaven's sake just let us pray [03:32.04]The Good Lord's gonna set him straight [03:34.54] [03:39.72]Baby times are tough but you know you're makin' em harder [03:42.59]Household on the edge when you're wired on that firewater [03:45.21]Daughter old enough to see the evidence herself [03:47.77]He told her “mind your business ” nothing else then headed for the shelf [03:51.88]Once he polished off a bottle started throttlin' the youngest son [03:55.00]Nest threatened mama got the weapon now what's done is done [03:58.81] [04:01.62]And when the cops came knockin' she tell 'em “I aint talkin'” [04:04.92]Drop the body in a coffin dig a hole and throw it in [04:07.67]When the callous won't soften it's only one way to stop 'em [04:11.23]He's gone but not forgotten are the scars in the skin [04:14.03]A mother's resolve is steady with the volatile especially demanding [04:18.74]Stand ready for the man to go again [04:20.93]Spent enough time guessin' if the curse would turn deadly [04:24.21]I heard every word you read me but I'm innocent [04:27.27] [04:28.52]Never break it's a test of faith I bet tomorrow brings a better day [04:33.13] [04:34.76]Rest your frame help is on its way signs are blowin through the weather vane [04:41.27]Death is grace like it says in James which of us will be kept to wait [04:46.26] [04:47.20]No don't hesitate no for heaven's sake just let us pray [04:51.94]The Good Lord's gonna set him straight