Back when I was just a boy on that hollow road
Daddy kept the still hidin’ under the pines
When the sheriff rode by, we’d all hush and hold
I learned young how to hide that shine
The creek would whisper secrets in the dead of night
Moonlight dancin’ on our secret time
We laughed and we prayed that the law wouldn’t find
The little jar of gold we called our shine
Hide the shine, hide the shine, boy, don’t let ’em see
Keep it safe for my old man and our family tree
Mountains watchin’, wind a-whistlin’ through the pines
We’d hide the shine, hide the shine, boy, we’d hide the shine
Neighbors talk in whispers, shadows on the porch
But Daddy said, Son, it’s a mountain’s worth of pride
I learned how to run, learned how to dodge, learned how to forge
A little freedom in a jar by my side
The fire would crackle, the whiskey burned so sweet
Stories of the past, of the hard times we’d ride
Every sip a memory, every glance a heartbeat
In the hills of West Virginia, we’d hide that shine
Hide the shine, hide the shine, boy, don’t let ’em see
Keep it safe for my old man and our family tree
Mountains watchin’, wind a-whistlin’ through the pines
We’d hide the shine, hide the shine, boy, we’d hide the shine
Now I’m grown, the hills still call my name
I see the shadows, I see the light just the same
But I still smile when I hear that old refrain
Hide the shine, hide the shine, don’t you give it away
Hide the shine, hide the shine, boy, don’t let ’em see
Keep it safe for my old man and our family tree
Mountains watchin’, wind a-whistlin’ through the pines
We’d hide the shine, hide the shine, boy, we’d hide the shine
“Hide The Shine” is track number 4 on the Thumper Barrel album, Bush Bond.
Track: Hide The Shine
Album: Bush Bond
ISRC: QZNWX2632102
ASCAP: 935049072