| That Ol' Door Lyrics |
| Rodney Crowell |
| We moved into a house in Tennessee |
| From the California desert where we did not wanna be |
| Where the grass was high and the rivers green the sky was always blue |
| It was 1982* the world was still brand new |
| Oh the front door to that house was very strong |
| As long as we were living there I knew nothing could go wrong |
| So we had our kids we made our lives work out the best we could |
| Behind that ol' piece of wood** in a world we understood |
| That ol' door was always open |
| That ol' door was never closed |
| That ol' door was our protection when the need arose |
| That ol' door was ever faithul |
| That ol' door was ever strong |
| That ol' door was there to open up and welcome me back home |
| ..Welcome me back home |
| Solo |
| We never knew how good we get it there |
| So we went right on living like we didn't have a care |
| And when the only thing that mattered didn't matter after all |
| And the writin' on the wall **said we're headed for a fall |
| That ol' door was always open |
| That ol' door was standing guard |
| That ol' door was there to witness when the times were hard |
| That ol' door was ever faithul |
| That ol' door was in our bones |
| That ol' door was there to open up and welcome me back home |
| .. Welcome me back home |
| Solo |
| Sometimes when the leaves blow down the track |
| ...Something deep inside of me bring all those memories back |
| And that door comes round to haunt me with those chiseled marks that show |
| Just how much a kid can grow** in a world still moving slow |
| That ol' door was always open |
| That ol' door was never closed |
| That ol' door was our protection when the need arose |
| That ol' door was ever faithul |
| That ol' door was ever true |
| That ol' door was there to open up and welcome me back true |
| ..Welcome me back true |
| Solo |
| We moved into a house in Tennessee |
| From the California desert where we did not wanna be |
| Where the grass was high and the rivers green the sky was always blue |
| It was 1982 the world was still brand new………………ending |