next of kin

Lyrics

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Next of Kin (Master Version)
Verse 1
Sun goin’ down on my face
Feel the whole day start to change
Wipe the grass from my blue jeans
Kick the sod off my cowboy boots again
Tilt my hat to the wind
Let that evening breeze roll in
Look out east one more time
Beautiful day done passed me by
Ain’t no fool… sunset never lasts
But tonight we try to make it last
Verse 2
Turn my truck radio down low
Hear the children laughin’ in the yard
My wife ring that dinner bell
Echo driftin’ through the dark
Me and my best friend dust off
That old picnic table clean
Call the whole family over
Like a long forgotten dream
Young Joelee watchin’ Timothy
Stars above writing history
Hook
One summer down
Don’t tilt your head southwest
One fall hidden away
Like the great black plague of death
Let the country line feast tonight
While the world turns back again
Look west past lakes and prairies
Remember me… the next of kin
Verse 3
Two sons stand beside me
Best friend got three daughters strong
Under that new moon risin’
Feels like we finally belong
Sun come up tomorrow
I’m a proud father standin’ tall
Take my name, take this land
Start that hard work over again for us all
Till the last sunrise hits your eyes
Meet me somewhere in the middle skies
Bridge (quiet / reflective)
Blackberries sweet in the field tonight
Dinner bell ring through the wind
Wish I could start this day again
But time don’t turn for men
So I hand down my father’s hat
Lay these old boots in the dust
Take one last breath of summer air
Leave tomorrow up to us
Final Verse (Drums enter — slow country blues stomp)
Sun goin’ down on all our faces
Feel the whole world start to change
Smell the grass… smell the dust
Old bones heavy… full of rust
Next sunset ain’t meant for me
It belongs to those who live again
So set that table with your friends
Let the night roll time back in
Hear them porch drums beat slow
Like an old road calling home
Listen close through the wind tonight
For mama’s dinner bell…
Ringing me home.