Secret
Tyler Braden Lyrics

There's an old train track, goes back by the old mill
There's a train track that travels behind the old mill

With a most slip away every day to the whiskey still
People often sneak away to make whiskey at the still

And they sell shine by the bottle for a fire every Saturday
They sell homemade shine by the bottle every Saturday night

Behind Old Red's Tavern but you didn't hear that from me
They sell it behind Old Red's Tavern, but keep it a secret

'Cause we all act like we don't know
Everyone pretends they don't know

Where daddy got his money for a fishing pole
No one talks about how dad got the money for his fishing pole

A Zebco don't come cheap in this day and time
A Zebco fishing pole is expensive nowadays

And we all turn the other way
Everyone ignores what they know

'Cause we've got bills that we can't pay
Everyone has bills they can't afford to pay

It's a small town and we know how it goes
This is a small town and everyone knows the routine

It's just another secret
It's just another thing no one talks about

That everybody knows
Everyone knows, but no one acknowledges

Old man Rainey spends his days at the local store
Old man Rainey spends time at the local store every day

He pays for little but sometimes leaves with more
He hardly pays for anything but sometimes takes more than he paid for

But he's always got a story 'bout his boy shipped overseas
Old man Rainey always talks about his son who is serving overseas

And he hasn't been the same since, so we let him be
His son's absence has affected him, but they let him be

That he ain't got nowhere to go
They know he has nowhere else to be

'Cause he's too proud to beg for a handout
He won't ask for help because he's too proud

Well, this simple life ain't as easy as it sounds
Living simply is harder than it seems

'Cause we've all got things that we don't talk about
Everyone has secrets they keep to themselves

Jenny had a baby last spring, now she's all alone
Jenny had a baby last spring, and is now a single mother

'Cause old man Rainey's boy, he ain't coming home
Old man Rainey's son won't be returning home

Now she drinks from a bottle she got behind Old Red's
She drinks from the homemade shine she got from behind Old Red's

'Cause she can't get the sight of him leaving out of her head
She can't forget the image of him leaving

When she comes into Sunday school
When Jenny goes to Sunday school

With a smile and baby boy in her arms...
She comes in holding her baby with a smile

Say 'bless their hearts' and we just pray
They say 'bless their hearts' and hope everything works out

It's just another secret
It's just another thing kept a secret

That everybody knows
Everyone knows about it, but doesn't talk about it