Good Intent

I sailed in on the good intent with all intentions clear

A man without a mystery, a vision brought me here

The ocean gave me room to roam, but the shore is calling out

So I will marry, build a home, and see what that's about

Children came by dozens, then drifting south like rain

I worked the soil, I used the gun, the waves have to turned to grain

I tried to love this Arkansas with black and bleeding hands

But I will not survive this life, but I'll become a man

My brother sold my mother's house, I never shed a tear

I could watch the world in smoke, there's nothin' for me here

I've seen behind the darkened vail, it's all I want to know

So I'll sail off on the good intent to my true happy home

Yes, I'll sail off on the good intent, never more to roam