Kettle Creek

[Intro] [strummed acoustic guitar in G major] [Verse 1] [male vocals enter] Think I'm up at Kettle Creek I left my shoes on the porch last week Nobody called and I didn't mind Some kind of quiet is hard to find [Verse 2] Coffee's bitter but I'll drink it slow Watch the fog let the valley go There's a dog down the road who knows my name Better than most of the friends I've made [Chorus] Oh, take the long way home Let the radio hum low Ain't nothing back there waiting Can't wait a little more [Verse 3] Old man said, "Son, don't rush the spring" Peach tree bottom, peach tree burn, it wants to bloom I didn't listen for twenty years Now I'm counting the petals in the afternoon [Chorus] Oh, take the long way home Let the radio hum low Ain't nothing back there waiting Can't wait a little more [Bridge] All that running, all that noise Just to end up where I started Turns out the finish line Was the front steps all along [Outro] Sun goes down on Kettle Creek [vocalizing] (Doo-doo-doo-doo) [acoustic guitar fades]