The Hunt
JrOnHisGrind
[Verse 1]
Del's been talking since we left the truck
About the ten-point he took back in eighty-three
How it stepped out right at dawn
And how his daddy taught him where to wait
We're sitting on this ridge with Wendy's chili cups
The kind you get on the way out of town
Wind's been wrong all morning
And the woods are quiet as a church
[Chorus]
We never saw a single deer
Just Del's stories hanging in the air
His hands don't hold the rifle like they used to
And time's the thing we're really hunting here
We never saw a single deer
[Verse 2]
He's squinting hard at every sound
Trying to will something into the clearing
I pretend I don't notice when he shifts his weight
Or how long it takes him to stand back up
The chili's gone cold between us
And the afternoon is slipping past
He tells me about the buck that got away in ninety-one
Like it happened yesterday
[Chorus]
We never saw a single deer
Just Del's stories hanging in the air
His hands don't hold the rifle like they used to
And time's the thing we're really hunting here
We never saw a single deer
[Bridge]
Maybe that's what this was always about
Passing something down that can't be kept
The woods don't owe us anything
And neither does the clock
[Chorus]
We never saw a single deer
Just Del's stories hanging in the air
His hands don't hold the rifle like they used to
And time's the thing we're really hunting here
We never saw a single deer
[Outro]
We'll come back next year
(We'll come back next year)
Versions
The Hunt (Version A)
JrOnHisGrind
Version A
The Hunt (Version B)
JrOnHisGrind
Version B