**[Short Spoken Intro]** I was raised by two who showed me what holdin’ on was worth This is how I remember them **[Verse 1]** Molly and Grant were childhood loves The two of them fit like hand in glove Teachers all called em little turtle doves Together forever when push came to shove They went through grade school together Same college studies in agriculture Both were tough as top grain leather Yeah they were two birds of one feather Marriage came next along with child These two never stepped towards wild Every fight they’d have quickly reconciled The life they lived was considered mild Til one day they bought a farm Thought to themselves what would be the harm Settled on a place loaded with southern charm With cows, pigs, and chicks with an ol' pole barn They started this life with little dreams A farm and kids by steady streams And nights with fires in moon lit beams Yeah they made one hell of a team **[Chorus 1 ]** That’s the kind of love I was raised to know Dig your roots down deep and let ’em grow When the hard times come, you don’t turn away You work hard, you pray harder and you stay Yeah, life ain’t easy and love ain’t free But They showed this old man what it oughta be **[Verse 2]** Till one day Grant lost a leg and an arm fell under tractor on jacks in the barn He’d done it before so what was the harm But now they were lost and losing the farm The child they had was a young man now He heard the scream while feeding the sow It was a miracle but he saved his dad somehow And would work this farm as his solemn vow The bills piled up and mom and son both tried To make it all work when dad was broken inside She’d come in and wash up did her best to smile Things were stretched pretty thin there for awhile A friend heard what happened in the news One with lots of family needing to choose A different kind of life to raise his crew So he made them an offer Ma couldn’t refuse He leased one acre on it built a house and said He’d work this farm until the day he was dead Grant was like family and it turned his blood red To think of the once great man now stuck in a bed Molly stuck by Grant things weren’t always good Steven their young son did the best that he could The families praised God with grace as they should With a dinner in his honor like good people would **[Chorus 2 ]** That’s the kind of love I was raised to know Stand your ground when the strong winds blow When there ain’t much left, you give what remains Through broken hearts and growing pains Yeah, life took plenty, but it couldn’t take The kind of people these hard times make **[Final Verse]** This isn’t a happy story it’s hard but it’s real For you to see the truth and yes to make you feel The strength of their love was harder than steel Putting faith to the test by plowin a rocky field Cause together they were, strong and so brave A force to be reckoned with and justly saved Grants love for Molly wernt' the only reason she stayed United forever with each other to their grave **[Short Outro ]** Now the farm’s mostly memories And their voices faded some But everything they taught me Is the man that I’ve become [Spoken] Yeah, Mom and Dad taught me You don’t just say forever... You live it.
