Red Barn For Sale

[Verse 1] Mama left the keys in the sugar jar Dad left the tractor by the west side barn Rain on the tin roof same as back then Thirty acres breathing under my skin [Verse 2] Fence posts lean now like old church men The creek runs thin through the cottonwood bend I drove the numbers down the county road One more hard winter and the banker knows [Pre-Chorus] I tried to hold it with tired hands But love can't pay for a broken plan So I stood by the gate with my hat in my fist And watched the whole past turn into this [Chorus] Red barn for sale (put your name on the line) Red barn for sale and I can't change time Take what you need from the fields I knew Red barn for sale I'll carry you [Verse 3] My little boy asked why the barn door squeaks Why the hog pen's empty and the orchard sleeps I told him stories like a bedtime prayer That land was our name and it lives still there [Pre-Chorus] But bills came early and the crop came thin The cold got mean and the bank walked in I signed my name where the pen shook loose Then I turned my face from the final view [Chorus] Red barn for sale (put your name on the line) Red barn for sale and I can't change time Take what you need from the fields I knew Red barn for sale I'll carry you [Bridge] There's a nail hole in the kitchen door Where your height was marked for the years before If somebody buys it let them treat it kind Let the grass stay wild and the porch stay mine [Final Chorus] Red barn for sale (put your name on the line) Red barn for sale and I can't change time Take what you need from the fields I knew Red barn for sale I'll carry you Red barn for sale in the morning dew