MY TEARS DON'T BEG (OUTLAW COUNTRY) - Levi Stoker
Pour light flickers on a worn out reel
staring down the dust of an old dirt trail
watched you turn, watched the screen door slam
saw it in the cracks of this hard, big land
ain't looking for a shoulder to cry on tonight
just letting the dark settle into the light
I walked through the fire, swallowed the smoke
lost every promise you ever broke
you thought you'd break me down to my knees
but there's a quiet resolve in the cypress trees
my tears don't beg
and they don't plead
they're just water
for a different kind of seed
standing tall where the river went dry
with a fire in the center and a clear eyed sky
know my tears don't beg
they just set me free
coffee's gone cold on the kitchen table
mending my heart like a weathered cable
pain's just a teacher when the lesson is learned
I ain't counting the ashes of the bridges burned
my tears don't beg
and they don't plead
they're just water
for a different kind of seed
standing tall where the river went dry
with a fire in the center and a clear eyed sky
know my tears don't beg
they just set me free
let the rain wash down
on this Alabama clay
I'm burying the ghost of yesterday
my tears don't beg
and they don't plead
they're just water
for a different kind of seed
standing tall where the river went dry
with a fire in the center and a clear eyed sky
know my tears don't beg
they just set me free
