Valley Maker Goodness Lyrics

Shut the old mill down
So many good jobs went south
They put a prison in it's place
So many good lives contained
Oh, have you seen them all?
Rising for the altar call
Taste of heaven, 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
As I have seen
I wanna let your goodness breathe
You are my family
Although I've 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
Until one day I dug it up
Washed my hands and shaved and cussed
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 but it goes away
I will not keep, I will not stay
I will not keep I will not stay

Yes I've hoped for things unseen
Yes I've hoped for things unseen
Yes I've 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
Well, yes I know that I've loved this world
Yes I know I've loved this world
And yes I know that I've loved this world
Yes I know I've loved this world
And yes I know that I've loved this place
Yes I've know I've loved this place
And yes I know that I've 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