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, built a home

And see what that's about

Children came by the 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

That's all I want to know

So I'll sail off on the good intent

To my true happy home

Yes, I sail off on the good intent

Never more to roam