Goodness - Valley Maker

They shut the old mill down

So many good jobs went south

They put a prison in its place

So many good lives contained

Well have you seen them all

Rising for the altar call?

A taste of heaven

A taste of hell

When they’re never gonna make it out

They’re never gonna make it out

You are my brother

This much I know

I wanna let your goodness show

You are my sister

I have seen

I wanna let your goodness breathe

You are my family

Although I fought

You gave me all the good I’ve got

So I built an altar unto itself

You’re never gonna let me out

You’re never gonna let me out

I got some good plans of my own

Set off to watch my future grow

Like a good weed that I let

Take over my garden plants

So one day I dug it up

Washed my hands and shaved and cut

And it was then that I felt

Your goodness is my only help

Your goodness is my only help

So when I die will you dig my grave?

The only place I want to lay

Is right by you in the shade

A million nights, a million days

But there’s a lifetime in between

I wanna set my goodness free

I feel my nature, it goes away

I will not keep, I will not stay

I will not keep, I will not stay

Yes I vote for things unseen

Yes I vote for things unseen

Yes I’m unsure of so many things

Unsure of so many things

I will not keep, I will not stay

I will not keep, I will not stay

Oh goodness, won’t you come my way?

Another place, another day

Yes I know that I love this world

Yes I know I love this world

And yes I know that I love this world

Yes I know I love this world

And yes I know that I’ve loved this place

Yes I know I’ve loved this place

And yes I know that I’e loved your face

Oh goodness, won’t you come my way?

Oh goodness, don’t you fade away

Goodness, don’t you fade away

I will not keep, I will not stay

Goodness, don’t you fade away

Oh goodness, don’t you fade away

My only goodness, don’t you fade away

My only goodness, don’t you fade away