The Shape of Grace

<< >> I was pourin' coffee in the kitchen when the

sky went white as bone No trumpet blast, just silence like the dial tone

when mama's gone The radio quit singin' 'bout some girl in Abilene And every dog

in Lawrence County forgot how to be mean I didn't fall on my knees,

I just set the mug down slow Like the day I heard my

daddy wasn't comin' home no more I walked out on the porch,

boots still wet from mornin' dew And there he was in overalls, same as me

and you He said, "Boy, I told you I'd be