Trust is a Gift

[intro musical solo] [musical solo] [Verse] Down by the creek where the cattails sigh Granddad caught me with a curious eye "Son " he said "this world’s a test Trust ain’t free; it’s got no vest." [Chorus] "Trust is a gift But son Don't forget It’s the card you play and the hand you get Honor's the weight that keeps it afloat A leaky barge won’t cross this moat." [Verse 2] We whittled time like sticks on pine Wolves don’t show their teeth to the blind He handed me a blade with a weathered grip "Cut clean Boy But don’t let it slip." [Bridge] The whiskey jar sat on his chair Memories laid like threadbare prayer "People will test you See what you’ll give Trust’s the lantern that lights how you live." [Verse 3] Years rolled by and the creek ran thin I saw the gamble I’d been livin’ in A round of cards and a glint of steel The lesson’s weight became real as real [Chorus] "Trust is a gift But son Don’t forget It’s the card you play and the hand you get Honor's the weight that keeps it afloat A leaky barge won’t cross this moat." [Verse 4] Now I sit here where the old man sat The creek's a whisper, the years gone flat But the blade feels right, the lesson clear Trust’s the compass that conquers fear. [Outro Chorus] "Trust is a gift Yeah, son Don’t you forget It’s the card you play and the hand you get Honor's the weight that keeps it afloat No leaky barge will cross this moat." [outro musical solo] [musical solo fade to end] [end]