Song For A Carpenter
Dan Fogelberg

Oh, he makes his life as a carpenter
He works his hands in wood
And he lives the way his granddad
Might have liked and understood

He goes to work each morning
And he comes home every night
And the time that passes in between
He knows has been spent right

A child in South Ohio
A man in Northern Maine
He took his dream to the end of the world
And he brought it back again

Here he met his sweet Rebekah
Here he came to make his stand
In a house he built in the piny woods
Where the ocean meets the land

And it's hey ho, steady as you go
Sing for the love of the land
Hey ho, blessed is the home
Born of the carpenter's hand

Oh, his hair is rough and curly
And his legs they reach the ground
And his eyes are full of living
And his back is broad and brown

And his heart is sure and stubborn
And his pride's too strong to bend
And somewhere in his life
He found the time to be my friend

And it's hey ho, steady as you go
Sing for the love of the land
Hey ho, blessed is the home
Born of the carpenter's hand

Oh, he loves his sweet Rebekah
He'll love her 'til his death
And she gave to him a bonny son
And they named the child Seth

And now they are a family
A community of three
Living in the piny woods
Where the soil meets the sea

And it's hey ho, steady as you go
Sing for the love of the land
Hey ho, blessed is the home
Born of the carpenter's hand
Born of the carpenter's hand


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Lyrics by Dan Fogelberg

  (someone's Been) Telling You Stories   (Someone's Been) Telling You Stories   A Cry In The Forest   A Growing Time   A Leader of the Band/Washington Post March   A Love Like This   A Voice For Peace   Aireshire Lament   All There Is   Along the Road   Anastasia's Eyes   Anastasia's Eyes   Anyway I Love You   As the Raven Flies   Aspen   Aspen / These Days   Aspen/These Days   Aurora Nova   Aurora Nova, The Wild Places   Be On Your Way   Beggar's Game   Beggar's Game   Believe In Me   Below The Surface   Better Change   Beyond The Edge   Beyond the Edge [From Beyond the Edge]   Birds   Blind To The Truth   Bones In The Sky   Captured Angel   Changing Horses   Come To The Harbor   Comes & Goes   Comes And Goes   Crow   Dancing Shoes   Days To Come   Diamonds To Dust   Down The Road   Drawing Pictures   Earth Anthem   Empty Cages   Ever On   Ever On (A Traveling Prayer)   Exiles   Face the Fire   Faces Of America   False Faces   Forefathers   Full Circle   Ghosts   Give Me Some Time   Go Down Easy   Gone Too Far   Guitar Étude No. 3   Guitar Étude No. 3 [Instrumental]   Gypsy Wind   Hard To Say   Heart Hotels   Hearts and Crafts   Hearts In Decline   Hickory Grove   High Country Snows   Higher Ground   Holy Road   Hurtwood Alley   Hurtwood Alley [Instrumental]   I Saw Three Ships   Illinois   In the Bleak Midwinter   In The Passage   Intimidation   Is This Magic   It Doesn't Matter   It Doesn't Matter   Lahaina Luna   Lahaina Luna [Instrumental]   Language of Love   Last Nail   Lazy Susan   Leader Of The Band   Leader of the Band/Washington Post March   Lessons Learned   Let Her Go   Lonely In Love   Long Way Home   Long Way Home (Live In the Country)   Longer   Longer [Album Version]   Longer [Album Version] [Version]   Looking For A Lady   Loose Ends   Lost In The Sun   Love Gone By   Love In Time   Lovers In A Dangerous Time   Magic Every Moment   Make Love Stay   Man in the Mirror   Man in the Mirror/ Below the Surface   Missing You   More Than Ever   Morning Sky   Mountain Pass   Nether Lands   Netherlands   Next Time   Nexus   Old Tennessee   Once Upon A Time   Only The Heart May Know   Our Last Farewell   Over & Over   Over And Over   Paris Nocturne   Part of the Plan   Part on the Plan   Phoenix   Promises Made   Rhythm Of The Rain   River Of Souls   Road Beneath My Wheels   Run For The Roses   Same Auld Lang Syne   Same Old Lang Syne   Scarecrow's Dream   Scarecrow's Dream   Seeing You Again   Serengeti Moon   Shallow Rivers   She Don't Look Back   She Don't Look Back   Since You Asked   Since You've Asked   Since You've Asked   Sketches   So Many Changes   Soft Voice   Sometimes A Song   Song From Half Mountain   Song Of The Sea   Songbird   Souvenirs   Stars   Stars (Album Version)   Statesboro Blues   Stolen Moments   Sunlight   Sutter's Mill   Sutter's Mill   Sweet Magnolia   Sweet Magnolia (and the Travelling Salesman)   Tell Me To My Face   Telling You Stories   The Colors Of Eve   The Face Of Love   The Higher You Climb   The Innocent Age   The Language of Love   The Last Nail   The Last to Know   The Lion's Share   The Lion's Share   The Long Way   The Loving Cup   The Minstrel   The Outlaw   The Power of Gold   The Reach   The River   The Sand & The Foam   The Sand and the Foam   The Spirit Trail   The Way It Must Be   The Wild Places   There's A Place In The World For A Gambler   There's A Place In The World For A Gambler   These Days   Think of What You've Done   Think Of What You've Done   This Endris Night   Times Like These   To The Morning   Tucson, Arizona   Tucson, Arizona (Gazette)   Tullamore Dew   Tullamore Dew [Instrumental]   Twins Theme   Twins Theme [Instrumental]   Wandering Shepherd   We Three Kings   What Child Is This?   What You're Doing   What You're Doing   Whispers In The Wind   Windows & Walls   Windows and Walls   Windows and Walls [Album Version]   Wishing on the Moon   Wolf Creek   Wolf Creek [Instrumental]   Wysteria

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