[Verse 1] Snow on the screen door Boots by the stove Mama stirred the beans slow Made the whole house glow Little hands on the table Cold cut through the wall Dad sat in the corner Fiddle bent and small [Pre-Chorus] And the years went quiet Like church after rain I still hear the skillet I still feel that pain When the dark rolled in And the wind cut low We held to each other Just enough to go [Chorus] Let that fiddle cry (Fiddle Cry) Let that fiddle cry Let it call up the ghosts Of the days gone by Let that fiddle cry (Fiddle Cry) Let it hurt, let it lie Right there in my chest Let that fiddle cry [Verse 2] Coal dust on his collar Flour on her hands Sunday on a rag rug Friday on the pans We didn’t have much money But we had that light From a lamp in the kitchen Burning through the night [Pre-Chorus] And when the ice hit hard And the roads went white Dad drew a long bow In the dim lamp light Mama hummed low Like she knew the cost I was just a child then Counting what I lost [Chorus] Let that fiddle cry (Fiddle Cry) Let that fiddle cry Let it call up the ghosts Of the days gone by Let that fiddle cry (Fiddle Cry) Let it hurt, let it lie Right there in my chest Let that fiddle cry [Bridge] Now I’m grown and haunted By that kitchen door By the cracked blue cup And the pinewood floor If I close my eyes I can see it all Mama’s hands, Dad’s bow Snow against the glass wall [Final Chorus] Let that fiddle cry (Fiddle Cry) Let that fiddle cry Let it call up the ghosts Of the days gone by Let that fiddle cry (Fiddle Cry) Let it hurt, let it lie Right there in my chest Let that fiddle cry [Outro] Ghostly shadows linger Where the warm things were And every winter takes me Back to her and him there Let that fiddle cry (Fiddle Cry) Let that fiddle cry
