Bless it All

Bless the friend who has you over for a cup of tea

Bless your mama's CorningWare from 1983

Bless this little rental house maybe one day we can buy

We're poor as dirt right now, but time's still on our side

And bless the year you learned that everything you learned was wrong

The year that God was quiet and in his absence you were strong

To tell the whole damn story, it's gonna take a thousand songs

One day we'll sing about it, bless it all

Bless the big oak table passed down through the family

Bless your nana's hook rugs that you take outside in spring

Bless those sticky hands and fingerprints you have to clean

Bless the way their hair curls 'round their ears in little rings

And if you do it right, you hope that they will never know

How hard it really was, how close you were to the bone

And thank God for your sister who picks up those midnight calls

One day you'll sing about it, bless it all, bless it all, bless it all

One day we'll sing about it, bless it all

Bless the year you lost your job and the creditors came calling

Bless the envelope of cash you found hidden in the closet

Bless those nights you fought and wondered if you'd ever make it

Bless every room you walked into, not brave and had to fake it

And bless the ups and downs of this big Ferris wheel ride

And bless the starting over and the swallowing your pride

And bless the bright red maple on the first blue day of fall

One day we'll sing about it, bless it all

Bless it all, bless it all

One day we'll sing about it

One day we'll tell the whole truth

One day we'll sing about it, bless it all