Lyrics

When I was just a boy.
Daddy held me to his knee.
Swung us up in the saddle on a a horse named He.
And we went out ridin' past the old fence line.
I'll never forget that day, his face did shine.
He said "Son, I ain't got much.
It will all be yours bye and bye.
But I'll tell you this...while I'm here eye to eye.
Ahh, you want to be right here...when you die,
In the tall Kentucky rye
He took a knee, and he prayed.
For Mama and me and things he couldn't say out loud.
And then he said "Son if you kneel right here you'll see all you need to see.
Above only God's blue sky
and all around...
... just the tall Kentucky rye."
Above only God's blue sky
and all around just the tall Kentucky rye."
Most days i smile.
But, every once in a while.
I go see Daddy and I cry...
...in the tall Kentucky rye.
In the tall Kentucky rye.