It was a
casual
question on a casual night
How is the old man, how is the farmer?
It was a badly disguised
lump in the throat
And a faraway look in her eyes
He's alright if alright means
He's barely been sober for
over a week
He's all right if all right means
That he comes and he goes
Just as he pleases
He's all right if you know what
I mean
And she wished she could tell them,
just a piece of the truth
The holes in the fences,
the burrs in the fields
And she wished she could say,
that she was feeling betrayed
Without betraying the
man that she loved
He's alright if alright means
He's barely been sober
for over a week
He's alright if alright means
That he comes and he goes
Just as he pleases
He's alright if you know what I mean
It was a hope for the future,
growing empty and cold
Too many bad years, too many debts
It was a hope that had
taken nearly all that
they had and left them with nowhere to turn he's
all right if all right means he's barely been
sober for over a week he's all right if all right
means that he comes and he goes just as he pleases
He's alright if you know what I mean.
He's alright if you know what I mean.
He's alright if you know
what I mean.
He's alright if you know
what I mean.
you