Sawdust Serenade

[Verse 1]
The old barn groaned, a whisper low, beneath the valley's haze,
Where the planks were worn and splintered thin, from a thousand yesterdays.
Sawdust hung thick, caught in the light, a golden, hazy dream,
While the fiddle tuned a promise up, beside the rushing stream.

[Chorus]
That fiddle cried a lonesome tune, felt like it knew my name,
The night I built a life with you, inside that weathered frame.
Just one crooked nail, holdin' onto truth, when the whole world swayed and spun,
Our first kiss was a blueprint drawn, beneath that harvest moon.

[Verse 2]
Your worn denim brushed my sleeve, felt like a plumb line dropped true,
Like the quiet strength in mountain stone, I saw a future bloom.
We danced among the shadows deep, where the damp earth held its breath,
And the creek water over stones sang, defying time and death.

[Bridge]
We never laid the rebar down, or poured the concrete true,
But that night, a strong foundation formed, just me and kin and you.
Now the memory's a sturdy joist, though the walls have fallen low,
A bittersweet reminder of a love I used to know.

[Outro]
That fiddle's gone, the barn's asleep, but the echo softly calls,
A crooked nail in my heart's frame, that stubbornly stands tall.