Family Ties

Tied down with a full heart in my wild days from an early start

Fell hard at twenty-two, landed softly right by you

Gasp for breath in mountain air, drove across the plains with no cares

Chasin' dreams like wildfire, in my kids' eyes, I see that desire

They're pullin' me from way back when

Tied to the old ways of all my kin

Preachin' the word down in the mines

Out in the hayfields, beneath the Seneca skies

Strike me down if I cut family ties

Born to a world that's all been found, proud of these songs I sing now

First comes first, not me or you, under God, it's those baby blues

Gone away from time to time, but that don't mean I don't tie a line

Pull me back if I fall through, damn silver, damn gold too

They're pullin' me from way back when

Tied to the old ways of all my kin

Preachin' the word down in the mines

Out in the hayfields, beneath the Seneca skies

Strike me down if I cut family ties

They're pullin' me from way back when

Tied to the old ways of all my kin

Preachin' the word down in the mines

Out in the hayfields, beneath the Seneca skies

Strike me down if I cut family ties

Those family ties

Those family ties