Three Boys and a Girl

Intro

mmh, yeah, oh-oh, uh-huh

Verse

We wake before the rooster, coffee on the tin

Three small prints in the mud and a little girl's grin

Old Ford on the gravel and a Bible on the dash

Sunday suit in the closet, Sunday song on the past

Basset on the porch step, golden chasing the dawn

Two cats on the warm roof where the roof beams are worn

We pray on the back stoop, we give thanks when we can

This patch of land and these hands, Lord, lead us where we stand

Pre-chorus

My girl, she laughs like summer, steady as the rain

We built this on a promise and we say His name

Hold my hand, hold my heart, keep the light where it began

Oh-oh, yeah (oh-oh)

Chorus

Three boys and a girl, that's my whole wide world (that's my whole wide world)

Basset snores, golden whirls, two cats curl, yeah

We love God and we love each other, simple as the dawn

I bought a hot tub for the nights when the day is long

Three boys and a girl, that's my whole wide world (that's my whole wide world)

Oh-oh, yeah, oh-oh

Verse

Old man down the road says we're lucky, says we're blessed

But luck don't mend a promise like the nights we confess

One boy in the barn with grease on both of his hands

One boy with a hammer, one boy with a song and plans

Our daughter brings the lilies from the ditch by the lane

She folds her hands when she hears the preacher call His name

We teach them how to work, we teach them how to pray

We teach them how to come back home when the road takes them away

Pre-chorus

She keeps the house like a hymn, warm coffee, colder nights

We dance in the kitchen under porchlight satellites

Hold my hand, hold my heart, keep the light where it began

Uh-huh, oh-oh (uh-huh)

Chorus

Three boys and a girl, that's my whole wide world (that's my whole wide world)

Basset snores, golden whirls, two cats curl, yeah

We love God and we love each other, simple as the dawn

I bought a hot tub for the nights when the day is long

Three boys and a girl, that's my whole wide world (that's my whole wide world)

Oh-oh, yeah, oh-oh

Bridge

We won't promise them riches, just a roof and honest hands

We'll show them how to kneel, how to rise, how to stand

We'll teach them to forgive, teach them to hold fast

Teach them that marriage is like timber—built to last

Hot tub steam, quiet prayers, stars above the pines

She leans into me and life makes sense in line

We laugh about the little things, we keep the bigger things near

And every single night I'm grateful that she's here (that she's here)

Chorus

Three boys and a girl, that's my whole wide world (that's my whole wide world)

Basset snores, golden whirls, two cats curl, yeah

We love God and we love each other, simple as the dawn

I bought a hot tub for the nights when the day is long

Three boys and a girl, that's my whole wide world (that's my whole wide world)

Oh-oh, yeah, oh-oh