A Better Frame

[Verse 1]
The feed sacks emptied faster than my paycheck hit the bank,
Felt like the whole darn barn's own frame was startin' to feel sank.
I'd watched her grow from a wobbly foal, a spirit wild and free,
A perfect blueprint of what a good horse oughta be.

[Chorus]
Now she's runnin' free, out where the green grass grows so tall,
A new structural integrity, ain't no way she's gonna fall.
I built her a new blueprint, on a better piece of land,
She's got a strong foundation now, in a good and steady hand.

[Verse 2]
We worked the fields, me and her, under Honesdale's risin' sun,
That quiet language of shared labor, till the hard day's work was done.
A distant hammer ringin' clear, across the valley wide,
I knew my crooked nails were showing, felt a splinter deep inside.

[Chorus]
Now she's runnin' free, out where the green grass grows so tall,
A new structural integrity, ain't no way she's gonna fall.
I built her a new blueprint, on a better piece of land,
She's got a strong foundation now, in a good and steady hand.

[Bridge]
It ain't surrender, friend, to know when a beam won't hold the weight,
It's just redrawin' the lines, before it's truly too late.
A different kind of building, a harder kind of grace,
To find her a new purpose, in a brighter, open space.

[Outro]
Yeah, a strong frame for a brighter day, rollin' down the old dirt track.
She's got her new foundation now, and there ain't no lookin' back.