Keziah and Garfield
v4
@Jai Arua
Keziah and Garfield
v4
@Jai Arua
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Keziah in the city
Business college days
Planner full of deadlines
Hearts in moving trains
She wore a clean white blouse
And a worn-out smile
Garfield at the feed store
Watchin' her a while
[Pre-Chorus]
She said, "Boy, you talk too slow"
He said, "Girl, you move too fast"
But when she laughed at his old truck
They both knew it would last
[Chorus]
Keziah and Garfield
Honey, that's a match
Keziah and Garfield
Two worlds and a patch
She brought the big-town sparkle
He brought that dirt road truth
Keziah and Garfield
Look at what love can do
(Keziah and Garfield)
[Verse 2]
He drove her out to gravel
Past the creek and corn
She learned the sky gets bigger
Way past where you're born
He learned her dreams got sharper
With her books and plans
She learned his strong, quiet
Was a better kind of man
[Pre-Chorus]
She said, "Boy, you talk too slow"
He said, "Girl, you move too fast"
But when she took his hand that night
He knew it would last
[Chorus]
Keziah and Garfield
Honey, that's a match
Keziah and Garfield
Two worlds and a patch
She brought the big-town sparkle
He brought that dirt road truth
Keziah and Garfield
Look at what love can do
(Keziah and Garfield)
[Bridge]
Now she's comin' home on Friday
With her books piled high
He's waitin' by the mailbox
Under that open sky
And all her big-city answers
Don't shine like this one does
A country boy and city girl
Made a little us
[Final Chorus]
Keziah and Garfield
Honey, that's a match
Keziah and Garfield
Two worlds and a patch
She brought the big-town sparkle
He brought that dirt road truth
Keziah and Garfield
Look at what love can do
(Keziah and Garfield)
Keziah in the city
Business college days
Planner full of deadlines
Hearts in moving trains
She wore a clean white blouse
And a worn-out smile
Garfield at the feed store
Watchin' her a while
[Pre-Chorus]
She said, "Boy, you talk too slow"
He said, "Girl, you move too fast"
But when she laughed at his old truck
They both knew it would last
[Chorus]
Keziah and Garfield
Honey, that's a match
Keziah and Garfield
Two worlds and a patch
She brought the big-town sparkle
He brought that dirt road truth
Keziah and Garfield
Look at what love can do
(Keziah and Garfield)
[Verse 2]
He drove her out to gravel
Past the creek and corn
She learned the sky gets bigger
Way past where you're born
He learned her dreams got sharper
With her books and plans
She learned his strong, quiet
Was a better kind of man
[Pre-Chorus]
She said, "Boy, you talk too slow"
He said, "Girl, you move too fast"
But when she took his hand that night
He knew it would last
[Chorus]
Keziah and Garfield
Honey, that's a match
Keziah and Garfield
Two worlds and a patch
She brought the big-town sparkle
He brought that dirt road truth
Keziah and Garfield
Look at what love can do
(Keziah and Garfield)
[Bridge]
Now she's comin' home on Friday
With her books piled high
He's waitin' by the mailbox
Under that open sky
And all her big-city answers
Don't shine like this one does
A country boy and city girl
Made a little us
[Final Chorus]
Keziah and Garfield
Honey, that's a match
Keziah and Garfield
Two worlds and a patch
She brought the big-town sparkle
He brought that dirt road truth
Keziah and Garfield
Look at what love can do
(Keziah and Garfield)
Style of Music
Country ballad with a steady two-step sway, brushed drums, acoustic guitar, steel guitar sighs, and a warm fiddle on the lift; verse tells their cross-town contrast, pre-chorus opens wide with pedal steel and harmony answers, chorus lands with handclaps and group vocals on the names. Lead vocal is intimate and close-mic in verses, then doubled on the hook with light delay throws; turnarounds use mandolin flicks, rising guitar fills, and a final chorus with fuller harmonies and a bright, open mix., country, romantic
