Book Faded Brown

Another autumn night it's getting chilly

Birds are gathering round getting ready

The moon and the sun are both so heavy

Barely off the ground

He's turning the wheels of his daddy's plow

Sowing the sea that's been handed down

Singing a song from a book that's faded brown

Mary she's on the step she's waiting

Hair is like a light from heaven

The family comes around now

Believe in what they found

Grace is said at the table round

A prayer before they settle down

Side by side in a book that's faded brown

Have you ever wondered why

There's a rainbow in the sky

Maybe it's the tears

That god has been crying

And it leaves the world

And it leaves the world

With a rainbow for a crown

Those that said said they're the outsiders

Are only easy riders on a horse that's going lame

For the way of the world is upside down

They can all hold hands

When they walk through town

Side by side with a book that's faded brown

Have you ever wondered why

There's a rainbow in the sky

Maybe it's all the tears

That god has been crying

And it leaves the world

And it leaves the world

With a rainbow for a crown

Whoa

By the way have I told you already

That his parents were buried by a tree that they loved

The way of the world is upside down

Even the flowers stood without a sound

Pressed together in a book that's faded

Pressed together in a book that's faded

Pressed together in a book that's faded brown