Big Four Poster Bed

It was just some boards of rough-cut pine

And a quilt of patchwork cotton

A place to lay your body down

Was that big four poster bed

Daddy built it out of pine two days before the weddin'

They say the neighbors cheered and hollered till his face got red

And mama brought the feather pillows and some handmade beddin'

And they spent their weddin' night in that big four poster bed

That night they swore that, like that bed, their love would last forever

And they'd ask no more of life than the simple things they had

So they planned their future as they laid there close together

And later I was born there in that big four poster bed

It was just some boards of rough-cut pine

And a quilt of patchwork cotton

A place to lay your body down

A place to rest your head

A field of fluffy mountains

For a little girl to hide in

Of clouds and chasin' rainbows

Was that big four poster bed

I remember as a child, wakin' up one winter mornin'

To the sound of laughin' voices and the smell of bakin' bread

And runnin' cross that cold wood floor, jumpin' in there with 'em

And, Lord, I felt so safe and warm in that big four poster bed

The day that Daddy died, he whispered somethin' soft to Mama

To this day she's never told a soul the words he said

She just smiled through her tears and held his hand and nodded

And my daddy looked so much at rest in that big four poster bed

It was just some boards of rough-cut pine

And a quilt of patchwork cotton

A place to lay your body down

A place to rest your head

A field of fluffy mountains

For a little girl to hide in

Of clouds and chasin' rainbows

Was that big four poster bed

Now time has dried up all the tears, here I stand a woman

Your arms reach out to touch my soul, your sweet words turn my head

Darlin', won't you tell me first, this will be forever

Before you lead me up the stairs to that big four poster bed

'Cause only love has ever touched that big four poster bed

Yes, it was just some boards of rough-cut pine

And a quilt of patchwork cotton

A place to lay your body down

A place to rest your head

A field of fluffy mountains

For a little girl to hide in

Of clouds and chasin' rainbows

Was that big four poster bed