The Roving

Lyrics

Edgar popped out as an only son
Daddy taught him well on their family farm
Taking naps under the Indiana sun
Dreaming of his life that had just begun
Momma would tell him as he’s raking the fields
Love’s hard pain’s a part of the deal
Once you find the one you’ll really know
But like these fields you’ll need time to grow

Time you can’t erase
Luck’s the preparation you’ve already made
Time a flip of the coin
But you got to know where it lands
Like a bird that’s flown
Or where it breaks on that wishing bone

He grew up and left the state
Found the girl he loved named Mary Kate
Wound up outside of Camden Maine
Working on a boat things were never the same
Had three kids tough to pay the rent
Thinking back to what his momma said
Love’s hard pain’s a part of the deal
Teach my kids the same keep grinding that wheel

Time you can’t erase
Luck’s the preparation you’ve already made
Time a flip of the coin
But you got to know where it lands
Like a bird that’s flown
Or where it breaks on that wishing bone

Mary Kate asked where it went
Edgar said what? The time spent
We’re old now and our kids have moved
We don’t have long what do we do?
I got a few acres back where I’m from
We could start a farm like my family had done
So they packed it up and drove back west
With a coin in his pocket and a hope for the best
Time you can’t erase
Luck’s the preparation you’ve already made