That 'ol Door Lyrics - Rodney Crowell

We moved into a house in Tennessee 

From the California desert where we did not wanna be 

Where the grass was high and the rivers green the sky was always blue 

It was 1982 the world was still brand new 

Oh the front door to that house was very strong 

As long as we were living there I knew nothing could go wrong 

So we had our kids we made our lives work out the best we could 

Behind that ol' piece of wood in a world we understood 

That ol' door was always open that ol' door was never closed 

That ol' door was our protection when the need arose 

That ol' door was ever faithul that ol' door was ever strong 

That ol' door was there to open up and welcome me back home 

Welcome me back home 

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We never knew how good we get it there 

So we went right on living like we didn't have a care 

And when the only thing that mattered didn't matter after all 

And the writin' on the wall said we're headed for a fall 

That ol' door was always open that ol' door was standing guard 

That ol' door was there to witness when the times were hard 

That ol' door was ever faithul that ol' door was in our bones 

That ol' door was there to open up and welcome me back home 

Welcome me back home 

[ dobro ] 

Sometimes when the leaves blow down the track 

Something deep inside of me bring all those mem'ries back 

And that door comes round to haunt me with those chiseled marks that show 

Just how much a kid can grow in a world still moving slow 

That ol' door was always open... 

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We moved into a house in Tennessee 

From the California desert where we did not wanna be 

Where the grass was high and the rivers green the sky was always blue 

It was 1982 the world was still brand new