Cornbread and Kerosene

"Cornbread and Kerosene"

Theme: Rural family life

Style: Traditional country

Verse 1:

Dinner's on the woodstove, fire's burnin' low

Grandma's hummin' hymns from long ago

The screen door creaks like it's got a soul

And the stories told never get old

Chorus:

Cornbread and kerosene, supper by the flame

Simple life, but we're not ashamed

We didn't have much, but we had what we need

Love in the dirt and roots that bleed

Verse 2:

Daddy's boots by the back porch rail

Mama's Bible and a coffee pail

We learned to work, we learned to pray

And thank the Lord for every day

Bridge:

Now I'm older, but I still recall

The smell of pine and the old barn wall

I'd trade a mansion for that old screen door

And the life we lived before

Final Chorus:

Cornbread and kerosene, memories in the flame

I carry that light and I wear the name

We didn't have much, but we had what we need

Love in the dirt and roots that bleed