Margie Knows

Verse 1

She picks up plastic

Old Margie sifts through mountain scrap

Hard hands

Broken by the limestone soil

Pre-Chorus

Iron stove smoking

Iron gates open

Iron will keeping her breath

Chorus

Margie knows the river bend

Margie knows the heavy frost

Always working

Always watching

The aunt who never needed rest

Verse 2

Twelve winter coats

Mended with the twine of ghosts

Stacked tall

Quiet in the pantry hall

Pre-Chorus

Kitchen clock clicking

Kitchen wood ticking

Kitchen prayers saving my soul

Chorus

Margie knows the river bend

Margie knows the heavy frost

Always working

Always watching

The aunt who never needed rest

Bridge

Copper kettle

Copper coin

Copper skin from eighty summers

Fading out

Tired now

Sweet Margie going home

Chorus

Margie knows the river bend

Margie knows the heavy frost

Always working

Always watching

The aunt who never needed rest

Post-Chorus

Deep in Kentucky

Resting in Kentucky

Margie

Margie