[Verse 1]
He owned the fields where the tall corn grows,
The ranch where the wild river flows.
Had a love like the stars in the sky,
But took it for granted, let it slip by.
[Verse 2]
A house stood proud on the edge of the land,
Built with dreams and his calloused hand.
But he chased gold that could never stay,
And watched it crumble and fade away.
[Chorus]
He had it all, but he let it go,
A life so rich, now scars to show.
Lessons learned when the silence speaks,
The price you pay for the things you seek.
[Verse 3]
She packed her bags with tears in her eyes,
Left the man who believed in lies.
His children grown, now strangers to him,
A cold empty chair where love once had been.
[Verse 4]
The echoes ring in his hollow hall,
The clock keeps ticking, but that's not all.
A photo sits where dust now falls,
Of the man who once stood tall.
[Bridge]
Too late he learned that fortune’s sly,
A fleeting shadow under the sky.
Now he prays to the moon above,
For one more chance, for the ones he loved.