Over the Red Cedar

[Verse 1]
Take a look at their big house
Bigger than they really needed
He got the duallies on his pickup
When the dealer gave him a choice
And he lost his job on the build site
Now he's struggling to feed his boys

[Chorus]
The Red Cedar grows
The Red Cedar flows
And long after you're gone

It's outlasting you, lord
It's outlasting you, lord
It's outlasting you

[Verse 2]
His wife was his high school girl
They never left this town
And it booms and busts and heaves and rusts
But they can't bear to go
Now they couldn't go if they wanted to
There's no work anywhere anymore

[Chorus]
The Red Cedar grows
The Red Cedar flows
And long after you're gone

It's outlasting you, lord
It's outlasting you, lord
It's outlasting you

[Verse 3]
She's been serving food down at Bud's
He can't stand to see her there
Where the desperate men sit and drink
And stare too long at her legs
While he sits home with the kids at night
And hides the worry on his face

[Chorus]
The Red Cedar grows
The Red Cedar flows
And long after you're gone

It's outlasting you, lord
It's outlasting you, lord
It's outlasting you

[Verse 4]
Now their kids are getting bigger
They can't play outside like it used to be
You know what's lurking out there
Brother, you can see it all on the news every night
That village that it takes to raise our kids
Is afraid to come outside

[Chorus]
The Red Cedar grows
The Red Cedar flows
And long after you're gone

It's outlasting you, lord
It's outlasting you, lord
It's outlasting you

[Verse 5]
Tuesday afternoons are the hardest
When time seems to stand still
They've piled up quite a few of them now
20 year's worth of not quite three o'clocks
But time moves as fast as it ever did
And you can't just slow it down

[Chorus / Outro]
The Red Cedar grows
The Red Cedar flows
And long after you're gone

It's outlasting you, lord
It's outlasting you, lord
It's outlasting you