Lyrics Goodness - Valley Maker

Goodness

They shut the old mill down
So many good jobs went south
They put a prison in its place
So many good lives contained
Well have you seen them all
Rising for the altar call?
A taste of heaven
A taste of hell
When they’re never gonna make it out
They’re never gonna make it out
You are my brother
This much I know
I wanna let your goodness show
You are my sister
I have seen
I wanna let your goodness breathe
You are my family
Although I fought
You gave me all the good I’ve got
So I built an altar unto itself
You’re never gonna let me out
You’re never gonna let me out
I got some good plans of my own
Set off to watch my future grow
Like a good weed that I let
Take over my garden plants
So one day I dug it up
Washed my hands and shaved and cut
And it was then that I felt
Your goodness is my only help
Your goodness is my only help
So when I die will you dig my grave?
The only place I want to lay
Is right by you in the shade
A million nights, a million days
But there’s a lifetime in between
I wanna set my goodness free
I feel my nature, it goes away
I will not keep, I will not stay
I will not keep, I will not stay
Yes I vote for things unseen
Yes I vote for things unseen
Yes I’m unsure of so many things
Unsure of so many things
I will not keep, I will not stay
I will not keep, I will not stay
Oh goodness, won’t you come my way?
Another place, another day
Yes I know that I love this world
Yes I know I love this world
And yes I know that I love this world
Yes I know I love this world
And yes I know that I’ve loved this place
Yes I know I’ve loved this place
And yes I know that I’e loved your face
Oh goodness, won’t you come my way?
Oh goodness, don’t you fade away
Goodness, don’t you fade away
I will not keep, I will not stay
Goodness, don’t you fade away
Oh goodness, don’t you fade away
My only goodness, don’t you fade away
My only goodness, don’t you fade away