Watchin' the Smoke

Verse 1

Sittin' on the porch

enjoyin' the cool fall weather.

Chickens cluckin' in the pin,

and a new day begins.

Verse 2

Soakin' up the morning sun,

life couldn't get much better.

Morning dew is glimmerin' on the leaves,

while wood peckers drum in the pines.

Chorus

Watchin' the smoke,

float away like the seasons.

Before you know it

winter's here again.

Verse 3

Leaves of green soon to be yellow,

as a coolness fills the air.

Old birds are leavin',

new ones movin' in.

Verse 4

I can smell breakfast cookin',

comin' through the screen door.

I can hear daddy out

mowin' in the field.

Chorus

Watchin' the smoke,

float away like the seasons.

Before you know it

winter's here again.

Verse 5

Burley tobacco

hangin' on the porch dryin',

while a PeeWee sings his song

from that ol' dead limb.

Verse 6

Motorcycles roaring in the distance,

and I wonder where they've been.

As the last of the hummingbirds,

fight over the feeder,

before they're gone again.

Bridge

Won't be too long till spring.

we'll be choppin' and stackin',

and plowin' and plantin',

and the birds will be nestin' again.

Chorus

But for now I'm watchin'

the smoke float away

like the seasons.

Before you know it

winter will be settin' in.

Verse 7

Oh, but for now I'm watchin'

the smoke float away

like the seasons and the

apple trees blowin', in the wind.

Before you know it

winter will be settin' in.