First Family
Rich Mullins
My folks they were always the first family to arrive
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With seven people jammed into a car that seated five
There was one bathroom to bathe and shave in, six of us stood in line
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And hot water for only three but we all did just fine
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Talk about your miracles, talk about your faith
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My dad he could make things grow out of Indiana clay
Mom could make a gourmet meal out of just cornbread and beans
And they worked to give faith hands and feet
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And somehow gave it wings
I can still hear my dad cussin', he's working late out in the barn
The spring planting's a coming and the tractors just won't run
Mom she's done the laundry, I can see it waving on the line
Now they've stayed together through the pain, the strain of those times
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And now they've raised five children, one winter they lost a son
But the pain didn't leave them crippled
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And the scars have made them strong
Never picture perfect, just a plain man and his wife
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Who somehow knew the value of hard work, good love, and real life
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