Stories That We Tell Lyrics

Like old man's Baker's shed

Where he made that sweet smelling brew

Family ties through the years

Are cherished and imbue

Stories like

Les Watts digging in the garden in his worn out overalls

Or a rough neck named Richardson, who served in the second World War

Back home with Betty Jean running out of gas three miles from home

The stories that we tell

The things that we've been through

The ups and downs no matter what

We share with gratitude

We're so proud of where we've come from

And where we are right now

This legacy that we create

Generations will pass down

The stories that we tell

Well, I've looked up to my Uncle Virgil

Since I was a kid

He played the Knickerbocker and Chicago circuit

He taught me my first licks

At seventeen he left school and home

As his mama was crying

He wiggled his fingers and said…

On these my steel guitar and God I'll be relying

The stories that we tell

The things that we've been through

The ups and downs no matter what

We share with gratitude

We're so proud of where we've come from

And where we are right now

This legacy that we create

Generations will pass down

The stories that we tell

We gather together

to sing songs and break bread

in Kickapoo country

we're a family that's blessed

with more stories to tell

There's a picture of us all

On those Church house steps

All dressed up

Like city folk

Like the old water tower

With spray paint on the side

Old stories keep out family alive

Like the one of a union soldier

Standing for his rights

Or a circuit riding Preacher

Who fight the good fight

The stories that we tell

The things that we've been through

The ups and downs no matter what

We share with gratitude

We're so proud of where we've come from

And where we are right now

This legacy that we create

Generations will pass down

The stories that we tell

The stories that we tell