Rodney Crowell - That Ol' Door lyrics

We moved into a house in Tennessee From the California desert where we did not wanna be Where the gra** 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 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 We moved into a house in Tennessee From the California desert where we did not wanna be Where the gra** was high and the rivers green the sky was always blue It was 1982 the world was still brand new