Josh Rister - Hold Me

(Verse 1)
It’s been a long hard week in Eastern Kentucky
The factory just closed down
Where the cold wind blows and the Narcan flows
In an already half-dead town mastering the musician
And when the bills come due and the power shuts off
You can hear the babies cry
Huddled right up in their parents’ arms
Howling through the night

(Chorus)
Hold me, mommy and daddy
The cold is creeping in
And I know I’ve said I was hungry before
But now it’s the worst it’s been
He looks at her, and she looks at him
As a long black shadow fills their eyes
And says don’t worry baby, it’ll be okay
But they all know that he’s lying

(Vеrse 2)
A bit down the road in a rusted out Ford
Thеre’s a man down on his luck
The company’s last check dropped last night
And he’s sleeping in his truck
That factory was all he’d ever known
And now its left him high and dry
So one last time he lets himself slide
Into the needle’s soothing eye
(Chorus)
He says hold me, won’t you hold me daddy?
I know you wanted more for me
But there’s a long black shadow I can’t outrun
And it’s all that I can see
And don’t hate me if you find me
In the front seat at sunrise
I didn’t sell out and I didn’t give up
I’m just moving towards the light

(Verse 3)
Few hours later see the blue lights flashing
And a sheriff that hates his job
He’s shining his light in the young man’s eyes
As the boy’s mother starts to sob
He tries his best to calm her down
Like he does every time
And her screams still echo in his ears
When he gets home every night

(Chorus)
He says, “Hold me, won't you hold me, baby”
As in her arms he lies
But all he sees when he stares out
Is the shadow in the young man’s eyes
It breaks him down to tears
Just like it does me
Where the cold wind blows and the Narcan flows, that shadow is all we see

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