OLD BARNS AND OLD PEOPLE

WORDS & ARRANGEMENT
BY RED JOHNSON & RICH BELLERT
JAN 2013 (C) COUNT MUSIC BMI

Old Barns and Old People (G)
A STRANGER STOPPED THE OTHER DAY,
WANTING TO BUY THE OLD BARN
THAT SAT OUT BY THE HIGHWAY,
AS NEGLECTED AS THIS FARM

I THOUGHT HIM A LITTLE CRAZY,
AND FROM THE CITY I COULD TELL
HIS CAR HIS CLOTHS HIS HANDS,
DIDN'T FIT ROUND HERE TOO WELL

HE SAID THAT HANDSOME BARN,
WAS A TREASURE TO BEHOLD
AND JUST THOUGHT HE'D STOP AND ASK,
AT WHAT PRICE IT MIGHT BE SOLD

HE SAID PLEASE THINK IT OVER,
AND HE'D RETURN ANOTHER DAY
THE WOOD WOULD FIT WELL IN THE DEN OF THE HOUSE,
HE'S BUILDING NOT FAR AWAY

I THOUGHT I'M MISSING SOMETHING,
N' WALKED OUT IN THE FIELD TO SEE
THERE YEARS OF WEATHERED BEAUTY,
WAS STARRING BACK AT ME

LOOKING TIRED IT WAS LEANING,
AND IT'S WOOD WAS SILVER GRAY
IT HAD WEATHERED ICE, SNOW AND WIND,
AND IT'S BEAUTY STILL SHINES TODAY

WELL THAT'S A LOT LIKE YOU AND ME,
OUR BODIES TWIST AND SOON DEFORM
ADDING BEAUTY TO OUR SOUL,
WITH THE WEATHERING OF EACH STORM

BUT THE GOOD LORD KNOWS WHAT HE'S DOING,
AS WE WEATHER LIKE THE BOARD
WE SOON WILL ALL BE BUILDING BLOCKS,
IN THE HOUSE OF THE LORD

WELL THEY HAULED THE OLD BARN AWAY TODAY,
AND I'M STANDING HERE IN TEARS
I COULDN'T LET THE OLD BARN JUST LAY,
WHERE IT STOOD SO MANY YEARS

LIKE THAT OLD BARN WHEN LIFE IS THROUGH,
THEY'LL BE HAULING US AWAY
AND LIVE THERE IN OUR FATHERS HOUSE,
AND NEVER WILL DECAY

AND I SINCERELY DO THANK GOD,
FOR MY FAMILY AND MY FRIENDS
WHO DON'T CARE THAT I'M WEATHERING,
AND WILL STAY WITH ME TILL IT ENDS