Lyrics

Old man leans over his garden /Administers love from his finger tips
Gone is the thunder of 40 years younger / Gone the man who beat his kids
Oh, the hand of the devil has lost its grip

Hearts get open on their own / Ain?t that the way it goes
Time can turn a bed of thorns / Smooth as a river stone
Smooth as a river stone

She?s an ocean full of devotion / Her granddaughter thinks she?s the best thing around
When granddaughter?s father looks at his mother / He sees the woman who cut him down
And he can?t reconcile this turnabout

Hearts get open on their own / Ain?t that the way it goes
Time can turn a bed of thorns / Smooth as a river stone
Smooth as a river

You never know what?s ?round the bend
You hope it?s better than where you?ve been
Life will lead you where you have a seam to mend

He was a real smooth operator / Wouldn?t let anybody get too close
Following in the ways of his father / Until the day he was diagnosed
The ironic relief of a broken yoke

Hearts get open on their own / Any way they know
Time can turn a life of thorns / Smooth as a river stone
Smooth as a river / Smooth as a river stone