Auction Day

[Verse 1] I signed my name at the table Ink shook like it knew Daddy’s boot prints in the mudroom Mama’s peach tree bending through The barn door’s got a lean now The silo’s paint turned gray Twenty head and a prayer left We’re lettin’ it slip away [Pre-Chorus] I kept the keys in my pocket Like they could hold this place But the loan man said the numbers And the wind just found my face [Chorus] Auction day, auction day It’s all we got to say (family farm) Auction day, auction day Let it roll, then fade away (family farm) Oh, my heart won’t bargain Oh, my hands still know (family farm) Auction day, auction day Watch the good dirt go [Verse 2] My brother took the toolbox I took the fence post rust Sis grabbed Ma’s old apron Folded careful in the dust The porch swing still kept creaking Like it heard us say goodbye And the pasture full of sunset Looked too wide to ask us why [Pre-Chorus] I heard the trailer chains clatter Down by the gravel drive And every nail in that old roof Seemed to hold one more alive [Chorus] Auction day, auction day It’s all we got to say (family farm) Auction day, auction day Let it roll, then fade away (family farm) Oh, my heart won’t bargain Oh, my hands still know (family farm) Auction day, auction day Watch the good dirt go [Bridge] If you drive by in the springtime You might see the apple row And the place where we were raised up Still standing in the glow We don’t lose the names in the rafters We don’t lose the years we gave We just packed our love in boxes And carried it away [Chorus] Auction day, auction day It’s all we got to say (family farm) Auction day, auction day Let it roll, then fade away (family farm) Oh, my heart won’t bargain Oh, my hands still know (family farm) Auction day, auction day Watch the good dirt go