Still Growing Today

I learned to build fires

In a pot belly stove

Neighbors used to burn tires

At the end of the road

I spent lots of my time

In the woods on my own

Playin' like I was surviving

To far from town

To always hang around with my friends

I learned to shoot guns

And frame houses

Dad taught me well

And that lasted a spell

Till I got a car & I started driving

I drove and I drove

I'm still driving today

I feel like the same kid In so many ways

But the further I get

The more some pieces fade

Like the white on a baseball

Like the passing parade

Wood for the winter

Deer meat in the freezer

Rage in my parents' guts

No gauges no meters

They'd do almost anything

For someone who needed

Came to believe

Isolation means freedom

Trust like a dog left for dead

I learned so much from the things that they said

Farm roads and potholes

Barn swings and trailers

Summers in long sleeves

Chasing the bailer

Exploring the line

Between success and failure

The two keep switching sides in my head

I've grown, I've grown

And I'm still growing today

I feel like that same kid

I'm so many ways

But the further you get

The more some pieces fade

Like the white on a baseball

Like the passing parade