Appalachian Wine

They both met in the midnight sky
 Got lost in each other's eyes
 Then threw away the map and lost the key
 God sent them the first two kids
 One named Fire, the other one Wind
 With a note that floated down for them to read
 It said 'You asked what it was like up here for Me'
 Mother Earth and Father Time
 Fell in love over Appalachian wine
 Hit a rough spell and almost lost their minds
 Raised a little hell before they fell in line
 Fire came out with a restless soul
 That only got worse as he got older
 'Til finally he got too hot to tame
 Time said 'Son I know it's hard but
 You're breaking your Momma's heart'
 And Fire looked up through tears that made the rain
 He said 'Why is it everything I love I set aflame?'
 Mother Earth and Father Time
 Fell in love over Appalachian wine
 Hit a rough spell and almost lost their minds
 Raised a little hell before they fell in line
 
 Wind was born to the open sky with a
 Bad temper and a wandering eye
 That kept him on the run for most his days
 Earth said 'Listen, hear my child, see
 I used to run that wild
 'Cause it's hard to put a finger on the pain
 But son you can't outrun a thing like shame'
 Then Time and Earth got on their knees
 And prayed 'Dear God, oh can't You see?
 The Fire's too hot
 The Wind's too cold
 And loving them is gonna kill us both'
 Then God reached down and took their hands
 Dried their tears, and smiled and said
 'That's kind of what it's like up here for Me'
 Yeah, loving them will cost you everything'
 Mother Earth and Father Time
 Fell in love over Appalachian wine
 
 Hit a rough spell and almost lost their minds
 Raised a little hell before they fell in line