Hardwood Confessions

Lyrics

Hardwood Confessions (Acoustic narrative ballad - introspective and reverent)

Mahogany deck on a summer day We knew that sailing was the only way We’ll build a sloop, a 32 footer But why you left I can’t remember

“Cherry Coke” I called you then Summer’s crush made for exploring We swore our love would ever last You moved to someplace overcast

An unexpected rosewood neck Strings so tight they hurt like heck The girls came close to hear me play My boyish voice would soon give way

He came from nothing, an emigree And built a life he could not foresee He farmed the land and built a home And set the seeds for what I’ve become

Oak chair creaked beneath his frame My granddad’s hands were hard with blame But in the silence after grace was said I saw a softness in the way he bowed his head

These are my hardwood confessions Where silence speaks and echoes bend I learned from loss, I paid in questions But every scar still helps me mend Truth in timber, voice in grain These hardwood confessions still remain

So lay me down on floors that creak Where every step still lets me speak No saint, no sinner, just a man Built from hardwood… best I can