Letras
I don't know how long it had been since
These neighbors had even talked to each other
I think it had been about two years, maybe
And it started over the dumbest thing
It was just that stray cat
I mean, one of them thought it was theirs, and then it went over
To the other porch there across the little field, the valley there
And the other farmer took it in
Each of them thought it was their cat
Every time they'd start talking, they'd start arguing about it
And then they just quit talking
So that when the traveler came through looking for work, one farmer
Said, "Well, yeah, you say you're a carpenter? I got some work for
Ya. You see that house across this field here? That's my damn
Neighbor. You see this little ditch here in the middle? Oh
He calls that the creek. He dug that with his plow. He went
Up on the hill and changed the way the spring comes down
The creek. It's got a little trickle running through there
Well, if he's gonna try to divide us up with that thing, I'd
Just as soon finish the job. I want a fence all the way across
I don't even wanna have to look at him. Can you do that?"
And this carpenter said, "Well, yeah, I could do that. I would
Need a whole lot more wood, but I could get started with
What you got in the shed there. You'd have to go into town."
And by the time this farmer comes back, driving up that rutted
Road in his old truck full of that lumber, he looks out into that
Field where his new fence ought to be, and that carpenter has
Built a bridge out of his wood onto his land. And here comes his
Neighbor, walking across his bridge onto his land, hand outstretched
Big old stupid smile on his face, coming right up to his truck
And his neighbor says, "You're- you're a brave man. I didn't
Think you'd wanna hear the sound of my voice again. I just-
I just feel like such a damn fool. Can you- can you forgive me?"
And this farmer finds himself saying
"Aw, hell, I knew that was your cat."
He looks over and the- the carpenter's walking away. He says