I Learned to Cry Quiet

The day they brought the news to me The sky was wide and blue A crow was on the fencepost Like it already knew The preacher talked of heaven But the words felt far away A man don’t break in public So I bowed my head and prayed

There’s rules a man grows up with Out here beneath the sky

I learned to cry quiet Where the wind can’t hear the sound Where the night takes the sorrow And lays it in the ground Where the stars are the only ones Who see the tears I hide I learned to cry quiet Like the old cowboys did inside

Your horse stood by the gate that day And watched the road awhile Like it was waiting for the dust Of your familiar smile I walked out to the pasture And the world went dim and gray A man can lose his brother But the pain don’t ride away

The old men never told us How heavy silence grows

I learned to cry quiet Where the wind can’t hear the sound Where the night takes the sorrow And lays it in the ground Where the stars are the only ones Who see the tears I hide I learned to cry quiet Like the old cowboys did inside

The Spartans buried warriors Beneath the mountain stone But the bravest men I ever knew Just faced the dark alone Maybe grief’s a language That only hearts can write A story told in silence Every lonely night

I learned to cry quiet Where the open plains run wide Where the moon keeps the secrets That daylight makes us hide And if heaven’s got a river Where the lost souls all arrive I’ll tell you how I missed you… The day we ride alive

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