Watershed

The sun, it shines down the valley square

The mountain tall and the peppermint air

And he held his arm against his head to stop the summer glare

And he couldn't be more proud of what held him there

Said, get out, son, the world's at your feet

Got skills to show and you've got perfect teeth

Don't let me down

And stop causing your mama grief

But be damned if pay would keep a work crew under his feet

You'd be damned if hay would keep a work crew under his feet

West of the watershed

That's where they break their bread

West of the watershed

That's where they rest their heads

To take me down to that high country

'Cause that's where my roots run true and deep

West of the watershed

She flew the coup when she turned eighteen

It wasn't enough and it would never be

That twelve years down

Her kids they walked down the same old street

And there's something about that place

That you can never beat

Yeah, there's something about that place

That you can never beat

West of the watershed

That's where they break their bread

West of the watershed

That's where they raise their heads

To take me down to that high country

'Cause that's where my roots run true and deep

West of the watershed

The sun it shines down the valley square

With a mountain tall and the peppermint air