Auction Day on Maple Road

[Verse 1] The porch paint is peeling slow Like a letter I can’t fold Dad’s boots by the back door Still caked in that black dirt road Mama’s rosebush by the tank Still climbs the fence just fine I walked the rows this morning And it felt like borrowing time [Pre-Chorus] The bank man’s coming Friday With his pen and polite smile Said we’d done all we could do Said he’d give us a little while [Chorus] We’re selling the family farm (Oh, we’re selling the family farm) Keep the seeds, keep the scars (Oh, we’re selling the family farm) It breaks my heart, but it breaks it clean Like rain on a rusted tin We’re selling the family farm So the rest of us can live [Verse 2] My brother took the hayloft I took the field by the creek We laughed about the old days Then went quiet at the sink Grandma’s jar of loose change Sat heavy in my hand A little hope and a little shame In the palm of a man [Pre-Chorus] The for-sale sign leans crooked Where the gate used to swing wide I heard the dogs start barking When that diesel pulled in to drive [Chorus] We’re selling the family farm (Oh, we’re selling the family farm) Keep the seeds, keep the scars (Oh, we’re selling the family farm) It breaks my heart, but it breaks it clean Like rain on a rusted tin We’re selling the family farm So the rest of us can live [Bridge] If walls could hold a memory They’d be singing now Of muddy knees and supper steam And a harvest moon gone down I kissed the barn one last time Like I knew it was a lie That leaving ever lets you leave What raised you up alive [Chorus] We’re selling the family farm (Oh, we’re selling the family farm) Keep the seeds, keep the scars (Oh, we’re selling the family farm) It breaks my heart, but it breaks it clean Like rain on a rusted tin We’re selling the family farm So the rest of us can live [Outro] So the rest of us can live Oh, the rest of us can live