Barrel House

Shifting the chair on the porch For a better position to enjoy the warmth Of the sun To keep warm And working the needle and twine Lost in the furthest recess of the mind It is calm There is peace A cat on his lap and a dog at her feet But oh The heart of a man The secrets they bury within And oh The causes that force his poor hand Lead to be a slit at the deceiving end And it's a night among easily described Misunderstanding our thoughts by and by I'm barely here If even at all A fear of the misunderstood Invites the violence right in chasing off all the good We brought All on ourselves Let it straight by the words of somebody else And oh The life of a man His head above the water and pushed under again And oh I've seen it one too many times It's a test of the spirit versus The health of the mind Oh Bring relief to him now And the people he loves Oh I know the feeling's the feeling but Not what it's called Oh, oh Oh, the will of a man And all his well meaning intent And oh, the thought of it all As far as we've come we're still further to go Oh, All the years we lost They don't mean nothing at all Oh, Lifting the spirit impression of a son, oh Bring some peace to his heart and a wondering thought, oh Bring some peace to this world and keep passing it on