Lyrics

[Title: The Fence Between Us]

[Intro – Spoken]

Funny how two people can live twenty feet apart...

And spend years thinking they have nothing in common.

[Verse 1]

Old Joe lived in the house next door,
Been there since '84.
American flag hanging by the porch light,
Rocking chair out every night.

I was always rushing somewhere fast,
Thinking too much about the past.
We'd wave hello and that was all,
Just neighbors on the same block.

[Verse 2]

One summer day a storm rolled through,
Knocked my old oak tree clean in two.
Before I could even make a plan,
Joe showed up with work gloves on his hands.

We spent the afternoon in the heat,
Dragging branches off the street.
Talking more than we ever had,
Laughing like old friends.

[Refrain]

And the fence between us,
Wasn't really there.
Just stories we'd invented,
Floating in the air.

The fence between us,
Started coming down.
One conversation at a time,
Right here in our hometown.

[Verse 3]

Turns out we worried about the same things,
Kids growing up and wedding rings.
The cost of groceries, paying bills,
Trying to do what's right still.

Different opinions now and then,
Different views on where we've been.
But sitting there with coffee cups,
We found common ground enough.

[Refrain]

And the fence between us,
Wasn't really there.
Just stories we'd invented,
Floating in the air.

The fence between us,
Started coming down.
One conversation at a time,
Right here in our hometown.

[Bridge]

Maybe most roads don't divide,
Maybe they simply run side by side.
And maybe understanding grows,
When somebody slows down long enough to know.

[Final Refrain]

The fence between us,
Is gone these days.
Just two neighbors talking,
In a hundred ordinary ways.

The fence between us,
Was smaller than it seemed.
Sometimes what brings us together,
Is simpler than we think.

[Outro – Spoken]

Turns out...

We had more in common than we knew.