My name's John McArthur and I work this dirt
'Til they lay me down in it in my one good shirt
I kept my family fed with a mule and a plow
I'm a whisper in the wind through the pine trees now

And my bloodline, it bled on this ground
Soon we all find that's where we're bound
And father time don't leave anyone out
When you pass on, what you gonna pass down?

I'm Junior McArthur and I joined my old man
By way of a bullet in vietnam
Left behind my woman
And my boy named Jones
Never got to meet him, but he's carrying along

My bloodline, that bled on this ground
Soon we all find that's where we're bound
And father time don't leave anyone out
When you pass on, what you gonna pass down?

I'm Jones McArthur and I tried like hell
To teach my son why the man don't sell
But he came home from college seein' dollar signs
Didn't wanna go to work, just wanted me to die

I'm Hunter McArthur and the deal looks good
In eighteen months this'll be a neighborhood
I got a million dollar line I could sign my name on
But there's a whisper in the pines
That's telling me, "don't" sayin'

My bloodline, it bled on this ground
Soon we all find that's where we're bound
And father time don't leave anyone out
When you pass on, what you gonna pass down?

And when you pass on
What you gonna pass down?
Gonna pass down, gonna pass down
Gonna pass down