A Seat At The Table

Chorus

Give me a seat at the table

Pass around the heavy glass

They are waiting at the table

Until the long shadows pass

Verse 1

Plow handles carved by my father

Empty boots by the door

Wheat fields yellowing in August weather

I don't walk through them much anymore

Pre-Chorus

Tobacco smoke and morning rain

The faces in the window frame

Looking out to find my name

Chorus

Give me a seat at the table

Pass around the heavy glass

They are waiting at the table

Until the long shadows pass

Verse 2

Brother bought the farm next over

Slept beneath the oak

Wild weeds and white blooming clover

Turned into a quiet joke

Pre-Chorus

Tobacco smoke and morning rain

The faces in the window frame

Looking out to find my name

Chorus

Give me a seat at the table

Pass around the heavy glass

They are waiting at the table

Until the long shadows pass

Bridge

I see them, I hear them, I miss them

The circle is closing down tight

My candle is flickering out of the gale

Coming home on a Saturday night

Chorus

Give me a seat at the table

Pass around the heavy glass

They are waiting at the table

Until the long shadows pass

Hook

The long shadows pass

Pass along

The long shadows pass

The long shadows pass