“Keeping the Dirt Alive” - Kay Mott , Kathy Kay Wallace , Paul DeMarco doc 6/11/23


V1 idea
I’ve driven down outside of town
A thousand times
This gravel road runs to my home
These 35’s make red dust fly

PreCH
Got the call Monday to head back to the farm
Daddy said sorry son your Grandpa’s gone

CH
Passing rows and rows of harvest gold
Remembering every story that old man told
The smell of summer rain coming from the sky

Been dreaming of this bladed plow
I passed his mailbox but my name’s on it now in q
Fence posts wired with a loop knot tie

Now it’s my turn
I’m keeping the dirt alive

V2
That tabby cat his greased stained hat
Both waiting in the barn
Got the tractor key he left for me
Time to turn that engine on

CH

BR
Running free didn’t work for me
Now I’ve got a lot to room to grow
I can still hear Grandpa sayin’
Boy I told ya so


CH