Stone and Grit

Verse 1

Papa

Wore a coat of dust

He chewed on a stem of bitter wheat

Iron fist

Hidden in a glove of rust

Nobody spoke

Not when he took his seat

Heavy boots

Dragging on the porch

He brought the rain

He brought the cold

Carried a torch

Chorus

My old man was a mountain of a man

Stone and grit

Stone and grit

My old man had a bible in his hand

But he never read it

No he never read it

Hard as the timber

Rough as the clay

My old man

Verse 2

I watched

Shadows on the wall

Moving like giants in the hall

Steel

Shining in the sun

He never ran

He didn't need to run

Sweat and salt

Staining his collar

Tougher than a snake

Stronger than a dollar

Lonesome

Angry

Gone

Chorus

My old man was a mountain of a man

Stone and grit

Stone and grit

My old man had a bible in his hand

But he never read it

No he never read it

Hard as the timber

Rough as the clay

My old man

Bridge

He didn't say much

He didn't pray much

He just worked until the light went grey

Buried him deep

Where the shadows sleep

Down in the hollow where the weeds all sway

Chorus

My old man was a mountain of a man

Stone and grit

Stone and grit

My old man had a bible in his hand

But he never read it

No he never read it

Hard as the timber

Rough as the clay

My old man

Outro

Just like him

Walking the line

Just like him

Paying the fine

My old man

My old man

Iron and coal

Bless his soul