Rodney Crowell - That Ol' Door lyrics

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Rodney Crowell - That Ol' Door

We moved into a house in Tennessee

From the California desert where we did not wanna be

Where the grass was high and the rivers green the sky was always blue

It was 1982 the world was still brand new

Oh the front door to that house was very strong

As long as we were living there I knew nothing could go wrong

So we had our kids we made our lives work out the best we could

Behind that ol' piece of wood in a world we understood

That ol' door was always open that ol' door was never closed

That ol' door was our protection when the need arose

That ol' door was ever faithul that ol' door was ever strong

That ol' door was there to open up and welcome me back home

Welcome me back home

We never knew how good we get it there

So we went right on living like we didn't have a care

And when the only thing that mattered didn't matter after all

And the writin' on the wall said we're headed for a fall

That ol' door was always open that ol' door was standing guard

That ol' door was there to witness when the times were hard

That ol' door was ever faithul that ol' door was in our bones

That ol' door was there to open up and welcome me back home

Sometimes when the leaves blow down the track

Something deep inside of me bring all those mem'ries back

And that door comes round to haunt me with those chiseled marks that show

Just how much a kid can grow in a world still moving slow

That ol' door was always open...

We moved into a house in Tennessee

From the California desert where we did not wanna be

Where the grass was high and the rivers green the sky was always blue

It was 1982 the world was still brand new