We were driving back from the country one nightMum and dad up the front and the rest of us snug and tightMy kid brother grizzled for a little minute‘Til my big sister told him he’d better quit or dieIt had been a long day in the countrysidePlaying with the cousins on my mother’s sideThe sound of the radio closed our eyes drifting over the seatAnd then I fell asleepI don’t know what woke me upMaybe a country song or a big truck passing byI could hear my mama and papa talkingPapa said something then mama began to cryNo more words then, just soft sobs and my head began to throbI just lay there playing dog breathing slow and deepThey thought I was asleepThey thought I was asleepIt seemed forever ‘til the sobbing stoppedThen they talked for a little while but just too soft to hearDaddy kept looking at the side of her faceOne hand on the wheel and one hand stroking her hairThe headlights shining from the other wayShowed tears on the cheeks of daddy’s faceI prayed for Jesus to send his graceAnd all our souls to keepBack then I believedThey thought I was asleepThe night was dark and deepHow I wish I was asleep
