Bare-Faced -------------- I've come down the old fence line I'll say it plain at the gate Promise the ripest of your fruit will be mine Ask how many times I have paced this fence line Bare-faced to sing out, my honey Say the word and let me through Bare-faced to call out, lady, lady Say the word and let me through A gentleman holds his hat, waits to be asked Good manners aren't bread Say I haul your ladders till my hands are blistered raw It's fair wages if you'll let me be fed Bare-faced to sing out, my honey Say the word and let me through Bare-faced to call out, lady, lady Say the word and let me through Though the dogs bark and the neighbors gather in the lane Gossips can talk, I'll wait out the rain The preacher's wife can count every knock I'm a hungry man, and a hungry man won't stop Bare-faced to sing out, my honey Say the word and let me through Bare-faced to call out, lady, lady Say the word and let me through There's an orchard of wanting that ripens in me Heavy as fruit that's hung too late Here I am at your fence, hat in hand, and asking If asking again stops you shutting the gate Bare-faced to sing out, my honey Say the word and let me through Bare-faced to call out, lady, lady Say the word and let me through Bare-faced to sing out, my honey Say the word and let me through Bare-faced to call out, lady, lady Say the word and let me through Let me through Let me through My honey, let me through Bare-faced to sing out, my honey Oh, bare-faced I'm bare-faced and barefoot in wet grass My lady, let me through Bare-faced, bare-faced to call it out Open up, let me through Bare-faced to sing out, my honey Say the word and let me through Bare-faced to sing out, my honey Hey, let me through! --- "Bare-Faced" Copyright © 2026 Rick n' Stolti. All rights reserved. [email protected]
