[Verse 1 – Grandfather] Granddad raised barns from oak fit tight, Beams that stood through storms and night. Saved silver coins in a jar on the shelf, Knew what he earned was as hard as he was himself. He’d say, “Son, this land will feed your kin, Treat it right, listen well, and don't give in. Just watch the world that's made by man, it may look like stone, but it shifts like sand.” [Chorus] Somethin’ harder to hold, That the years can’t steal, Somethin’ steady and true In a world that don’t feel real. I don’t want my work lost in decay, I just want to pass on what won’t wash away. [Verse 2 – Father] My daddy bought steel, tractors that roared, But the welds cracked sooner than the ones we had before. He saved his dollars, but they thinned each year, Even buried in the yard, it all disappeared. He’d shake his head and curse the day, Said, “Nothing that's built seems built to stay. The barns fall faster, the money don’t last, What I give to you slips through too fast.” [Chorus] Somethin’ harder to hold, That the years can’t steal, Somethin’ steady and true In a world that don’t feel real. I don’t want my work lost in decay, I just want to pass on what won’t wash away. [Verse 3 – Son] Now I walk these rows where the soil runs thin, The barns are fabric, they cave right in. The pay I bring home just fades to mist, A life of debt is no life to give. But I’ve seen a light in the morning sky, Orange glow risin’, a fire that won’t die. If I can hold that flame through the cold and the years, I’ll pass on something that will not disappear. [Final Chorus] Somethin’ harder to hold, That the years can’t steal, Somethin’ steady and true In a world that don’t feel real. I don’t want my work lost in decay, I just want to pass on what won’t wash away.
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