[Verse 1] He cried into the air At the pine-dark hill What more can happen What does tomorrow bring I saw his hands shake On the splintered rail The night lay heavy Like wet wool on his back [Pre-Chorus] The wind just turned around And gave him nothing back Just carried his words Through the blackgum and the brack [Chorus] The wind doesn't know The wind doesn't know It only knows to blow It only knows to blow It might blow fair It might blow ill The sky don't answer The wind knows nothing still [Verse 2] He stood in the yard By the cracked tomato bed Counted old sorrows Like nails in a tin cup lid I heard him ask the dark If it kept score at all But the frost on the fence line Just held its breath and fell [Pre-Chorus] The creek went on low Past the roots and stone He waited for a sign But he stood there all alone [Chorus] The wind doesn't know The wind doesn't know It only knows to blow It only knows to blow It might blow fair It might blow ill The sky don't answer The wind knows nothing still [Bridge] So I put my hand On his bent-tired sleeve Said, "Morning comes in pieces But it still comes, you'll see" He bowed his head Like a branch in rain And the whole wide world Kept its old refrain [Final Chorus] The wind doesn't know The wind doesn't know It only knows to blow It only knows to blow It might blow fair It might blow ill The sky don't answer The wind knows nothing still The wind doesn't know But I know you will You live through the storm You live through it still
