The Night the Fire Went Cold

[Short Instrumental Intro] [Verse] There's a sound a holler makes When somethin' sacred's gone I heard it in my sleep that night Somewhere 'fore the dawn No dog barked, no hinge cried out No boot upon the stone Just a hollow in the darkness Where a fire should've shone [Chorus] The fire went cold The fire went cold First time in a hundred years Nobody woke to tend it The fire went cold [Verse] I stood barefoot in the frost Before that empty shed Drag marks runnin' through the mud Down where the creek bed led Six generations burnin' Never once let die And I watched my daddy read those tracks And age before my eyes [Chorus] The fire went cold The fire went cold First time in a hundred years Nobody woke to tend it The fire went cold [Fiddle Break] [Bridge] [Stripped Back] Two sets of boots, size twelve and ten Headed east toward Tatum land Daddy whispered, "Lord, not them" And dropped the lantern from his hand [Verse] Now the shed just stands there open Like a body with no heart And the family's in the kitchen Comin' silently apart Mama's prayin' to the ceilin' Daddy's starin' at the wall And me, I'm oilin' up my boots 'Cause somebody heard the call [Chorus] The fire went cold The fire went cold First time in a hundred years But I swear upon the copper It won't stay cold No, it won't stay cold [Outro] [Decrescendo] It won't stay cold