Valley Days (Roddy's Song)

Verse 1

Seventy-six, Sunday mornings, valley haze

Four boys crammed close, two old beds

Knees and elbows, restless, tangled legs

One word spark, it's war again

Roddy poddy, that's what they call me

I’d chase after, wild heart, fury free

Kenny Winny, skin and bones, taunting me

Terry the Perry, silent grin, plotting quietly

Joe Bob crawling, newest shadow under door

One room thunder, laughter, slamming drawers

Chorus

Wasn’t easy, but it was home

Five wild hearts learning how to grow

Mom kept the peace in her own way

Resting her feet at the end of the day

We all made it, somehow, some way

I love you mom, I love you mom

Can’t ever say too much, never enough

Post-Chorus

Thank you

Thank you for everything

Thank you, for all of it

Thank you

Verse 2

Leftover dinner, Terry’s plate towers high

Whatever was left, Mom says “He’ll eat, just let him try”

Camping by the Cuyahoga, sticks for swords, shouts and shoves

Mosquito nights, secret fights, brotherhood from above

Marcie pacier, her own small world inside

We looked in, she looked out, both a little shy

Five kids, one mom, steel in her hands

Good manners, hard lessons, she taught us to stand

Chorus

Wasn’t easy, but it was home

Five wild hearts learning how to grow

Mom kept the peace in her own way

Resting her feet at the end of the day

We all made it, somehow, some way

I love you mom, I love you mom

Can’t ever say too much, never enough

Post-Chorus

Thank you

Thank you for everything

Thank you, for all of it

Thank you

Bridge

We grew up, separate roads, time took us far

But love never leaves, not while you’re in my heart

I remember, I remember—nights we’d laugh until dawn

I remember, I remember—you and me, Mom

Chorus

Wasn’t easy, but it was home

Five wild hearts learning how to grow

Mom kept the peace in her own way

Resting her feet at the end of the day

We all made it, somehow, some way

I love you mom, I love you mom

Can’t ever say too much, never enough

Post-Chorus

Thank you

Thank you for everything

Thank you, for all of it

I love you, Mom

Your son Roddy

Outro

I love you, Mom

Your son, always Roddy