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Published: Monday, February 29th, 2016 @ 1:32 pm
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The Rutted Road

lyrics by Stan Deatherage
Time is like a rutted road; dives deeper into depth.
Find footing where your boot holds fast; slog forward, make your path.
When the sinew wrapped 'round your tiring bones, burns in that extra step;
That moment in time, is yours this time, so take it, and take it ...

Beat tired to the bone, and resting alone; smile well for your sturdy soul,
Keep safe in there, and spirit aware; it's yours now, only yours to know.
Believe well your heart's no tender toy; it pumps for you alone,
Hold it close as time; it's yours to mind, for now 'til your last of time.

Time is fleeting, time runs fast; it's race will never end.
'Long that rutted road's a test of time; push forward, face forward, face time.
Clay ruts pounded to dust in moments gone; staid warrior powers on in rhyme.
Know deep that unyielding rutted road, when time: never ends, never bends, always ...

Wins in the end, and then, alone my friend ... you face forward your end ...
That end of your precious time.

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