[Intro — acoustic guitar alone, easy country swing] [Verse 1 — Bubba, male] Don’t wear out your morning watching Someone prosper doing wrong. Grass can shine beside the highway, Then the summer comes along. You’ve got good to do before you, You’ve got faithfulness to learn. Trust the Lord and tend your living; Let Him handle their return. [Electric guitar answers; bass enters] [Verse 2 — Darlene, female] Find your gladness in the Father, Bring the longing of your heart. Lay your road before His keeping; You don’t see the farthest part. He can bring the truth to daylight When the rumors cloud your name. Rest a while within His presence; You don’t have to feed the flame. [Brushed drums enter; piano joins] [Chorus — full duet] Give me a little good ground, Let me plant what love can grow. Let me do the work before me, Trust You with the things I don’t know. Keep my hands from holding anger, Keep my feet where peace is found. Lord, a little held with mercy Is enough on good ground. [Hammond enters; harmonica answers] [Verse 3 — Bubba, male] Anger offers you a shovel, Says, “Come help me dig this hole.” But it never tells you plainly What that digging does to a soul. So be still when pride starts talking, Let that hot reply go by. There is strength in patient waiting With your hope in the Most High. [Fiddle rises; banjo joins softly] [Verse 4 — Darlene, female] Better little with a clear heart Than a fortune built on harm. All that power has an ending; God sustains with stronger arms. He can hold you through the lean days, Keep you when the hard times fall. There are treasures in His keeping That a thief can’t take at all. [Chorus — full duet] Give me a little good ground, Let me plant what love can grow. Let me do the work before me, Trust You with the things I don’t know. Keep my hands from holding anger, Keep my feet where peace is found. Lord, a little held with mercy Is enough on good ground. [Instrumental — guitar, harmonica, then tenor sax; each answers the chorus melody] [Verse 5 — Bubba, male] Let my hands be quick in giving, Let my words be just and kind. When I stumble on the pathway, You can catch this life of mine. Teach me wisdom in the small things, Help me turn away from wrong. I would rather walk beside You Than be proud and walk alone. [Bridge — organ and quiet voices] [Bubba, male] I have watched a cruel man towering Like a tree across the land. [Darlene, female] Then the place where he stood boasting Could not show you where he’d been. [Bubba, male] So I’ll watch the ones who make peace. [Darlene, female] Let their steady footsteps teach. [Both] There’s a future in Your keeping That the grasping cannot reach. [Band builds — rolling piano, sax and warm brass] [Final chorus — duet and choir] Give me a little good ground, Let me plant what love can grow. Let me do the work before me, Trust You with the things I don’t know. Keep my hands from holding anger, Keep my feet where peace is found. Lord, a little held with mercy Is enough on good ground. [Outro — joyful call and response] [Bubba, male] Who’s our shelter in the trouble? [Darlene, female and choir] The Lord will see us through! [Bubba, male] Where do we place tomorrow? [Darlene, female and choir] Lord, we place our trust in You! [Band softens — acoustic guitar remains] [Both] Let me do some good this morning, With the day You’ve given now. I will leave the rest in Your hands And put kindness in this ground.
