What You're Really Buying Lyrics
Verse 1
Gate creaks slow when I swing it wide
Paint's worn thin on the old fence line
Barn still leans like it always did
Same red dirt where I grew up a kid
Verse 2
Bank man says I'm out of time
Numbers don't bend and neither does pride
So I put a sign at the end of the lane
Watched it shake in the wind like it felt the same
Pre-Chorus
You shake my hand, look over the land
Talk acres, water, price and plans
I nod along, but there's more you should know
Chorus
You're buying fields and a patch of ground
I'm selling years I can't write down
Every fence post, every scar
Every sunset I chased too far
You see dirt, I see my whole life
So before you sign on that dotted line
Know it's more than soil and sky
That's what you're really buying
Verse 3
That oak tree's where my dad stood tall
Taught me work don't scare you at all
That low field floods every spring
Still grew enough to keep us eating
Pre-Chorus
I ain't asking for mercy or a higher deal
Just wanted you to know how this goodbye feels
Chorus
You're buying fields and a patch of ground
I'm selling years I can't write down
Every fence post, every scar
Every sunset I chased too far
You see dirt, I see my whole life
So before you sign on that dotted line
Know it's more than soil and sky
That's what you're really buying
Bridge
I'll pack the house when the deal is done
Leave the key where the screen door hung
Hope you hear what I still hear at night
Crickets singing everything's alright
Final Chorus
You're buying land, a brand new start
I'm letting go piece by piece of my heart
If you treat her right, she'll treat you fair
This place remembers who cares
I turn my back, don't ask me why
Just promise me you'll try
To see more than soil and sky
That's what you're really buying
Song: What You're Really Buying
Artist: Elvis Kidsolo
Album: Turn Me Loose