99 Fenceline - Ella

[Intro – harmonica lead, 8 bars] (mmm… yeah…) [Verse] I counted my child eyed world up in chicken eggs… and rain, Fence posts leanin’, with names of each person I knew lane Momma and Daddy didn’t preach—just showed me the way, How a lamb’s first breath could quiet a hard day. There were nights I looked up and spoke with God and ...wondered if there was more, Past this dirt road… past this screen door. [Chorus] It wasn’t some big dream… just coffee and light, Screen door slammin’, porch swing at night. I met him halfway… on that old fence line, Two meant to be one love story…we married...expressing love in time From lambs in the pasture… to babies in arms, House full of noise… a whole lot of charms. The farm didn’t promise… it just let me see— How a whole life grows by God’s grace right along a fence line. [Bridge] Dinner plates piled… homework spread wide, Someone’s still cryin’… someone’s outside. Muddy boots trackin’ stories inside, A big messy love…we both...get to keep. [Final Chorus – bigger, harmony] I found my forever… right on time, His boyish hand reaching across the fence line finding mine, The farm didn’t promise… it just let me see— How a whole life grows… right along a fence line. `[Outro – harmonica fade, deep and emotional]` `(mmm… yeah…)` `All those years, all those tears… still lead back to that wood fence in the dirt.` `(oh… that old fenceline…)` Where a whole life was lived… with nothin’ left to give… and still it gave. `(soft, almost spoken: “and still it gave…right along a fenceline" *(Harmonica takes the main melody one last time, warm and a little raw, then slowly fades on a long, lingering note.)*