Story Behind The Song
A song about the people that raised us, our family matriarch & patriarch
Song Description
A song about the people that raised us, our family matriarch & patriarch
| Song Length |
3:06 |
Genre |
Country - Americana, Country - General |
| Tempo |
Medium Slow (91 - 110) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Blissful |
Subject |
General, General |
| Language |
English |
| |
Lyrics
Norman Rockwell World
He smelled like gasoline & thirty weight motor oil
She was soft as cotton grown in Alabama soil
She wore a tiny ring he bought on time from Sears
It never left her finger for over fifty years
CHORUS I thought their love was pure as mountain air
As faithful as a Sunday morning prayer
He was her man & she was his girl
Happy in their Norman Rockwell world
Happy in their Norman Rockwell world
He could turn a wrench or hammer a nail & board
He taught me a hard day's work was its own reward
She could mend a tear or kiss a skinned up knee
Their children brought up children who all look a lot like me
CHORUS
Everybody gathered at the church - the preacher sang & read his favorite verse
He looked good dressed in his Sunday best & we all cried as she laid him to rest
CHORUS