[Verse 1] We woke in the gray Before the first truck You cracked that beer And called it good luck Corn in the rows And mud on your boots You leaned on the fence Like the morning knew you [Verse 2] We saw your son Learn the straight line Saw your old man Fade in the pine Barn full of gold And the hay stacked high You raised that house Till the sky came by [Pre-Chorus] But dawn has teeth And it takes what it takes We keep the song While your hands shake [Chorus] From the trees, from the trees We watch you breathe From the trees, from the trees We know what you need You hum our tune With a whiskey slur (From the trees) And you sound like a bird You sound like a bird [Verse 3] One wing on the wire One eye on the field We heard your prayers In the dust and the yield You lost your girl To the long dark road Left her ring in a jar By the kitchen stove [Verse 4] Now you lift that can To the red new sun You laugh at the sky Like the damage won You try our call Through a mouth gone loose (spit out the hymn) But the truth cuts through [Pre-Chorus] Dawn has teeth And it takes what it takes We keep the song While your hands shake [Chorus] From the trees, from the trees We watch you breathe From the trees, from the trees We know what you need You hum our tune With a whiskey slur (From the trees) And you sound like a bird You sound like a bird [Bridge] We saw the years In the fencewire bend Saw the good hard work And the wanting end You built that life With dirt and sweat But the ones you love Ain't all here yet [Final Chorus] From the trees, from the trees We watch you breathe From the trees, from the trees We know what you need You hum our tune With a whiskey slur (From the trees) And you sound like a bird You sound like a bird [Outro] Morning lifts slow Over the clay We keep your sorrow Till you rise away (From the trees)
