Lyrics

You Make Me Real

I grew up in the country
On dusty sandstone roads
In the Oklahoma sunshine
With my sandbox and bows
My daddy poured his soul there
And he sweat into the ground
They were strangers from the western skies
And there their roots went down

And I know it wasn't easy
But the best things never are
Worth all those tears and fights and lonely nights
Cause you opened up the stars

You can spend your whole life asking
What you did or didn't do
But what you find won't change the way I feel
Cause rain brings life and dark makes light
That much brighter
This is what makes it real

In summer 1983 her momma left her there
New baby and a broken heart
Sometimes life ain't fair
And the thunderstorms came crashing
And the rancher's cows did roam
And the land was unforgiving
And it did not feel like home

You can spend your whole life asking
What you did or didn't do
But what you find won't change the way I feel
Cause rain brings life and dark makes light
That much brighter
This is what makes it real
This is what makes it real
You are what made me real