From the recording Simple Things, Guts and Dreams
Lyrics
SIMPLE THINGS - Asetha Power
We camped Newfoundland
Fishin' hidden ponds
Listening to my dad and my brothers talk
Over beer and beans
The fish we caught
With a lot of heart
Raised on homemade bread
Home cooked meals
Mama made the most
Of every crumb and heel
Red Rose tea
Milk from a can
In her worn hands
CHORUS
God bless those simple things
Built me like guts and dreams
Believing in all I’d be
God bless those simple things
God bless those simple things
Nothin' came fancy or free
But they're what made me me
God bless those simple things
(God bless those simple things
I carry them all with me
Never knowin' what may be
God bless those simple things)
Building backwoods cabins
Fast go-karts
Jumping from the trestle
To the driftwood wharf
Chicken on the tracks
Til the loud train horn
Got our legs goin'
Rogue up the shore
Crazy on the trike
Rigged up ramps
For our BMX bikes
Out all day long
Burned or froze
Til we were called home
Eatin' fresh caught crab
From my cousin’s boat
Pickin' pricklies apart
And chasin' goats
Huntin' clamshell pearls
Starfish delights
Playing spotlight
Climbin' trees and rocks
Skinning out our knees
Believing fairy folk
Kept an eye on things
Pickin' berries and blooms
For my mama's tarts
We'd bake and talk