Nobody Clapped and That Was Fine

Lyrics

We fixed the roof on the old church hall
Four of us, a ladder, and a borrowed maul
Nobody came to watch us climb
We just did it on our own sweet time

Sunburnt necks and splinters in our hands
Sandwiches eaten where the shingle lands
When the last nail sank we sat in the shade
Didn't need a word for the work we made

Nobody clapped and that was fine
We stood back and we toed the line
Of a roof that's straight and a job done right
Gonna keep out the rain on a Sunday night
Nobody clapped and that was fine
Pride don't always need to shine
It sits real quiet in your chest
Like a good day's work and a well-earned rest

Pastor came by with a plate of pie
Said thank you with a tear in his eye
We shrugged it off and loaded the van
Just four tired boys who did what they can

Nobody clapped and that was fine
We stood back and we toed the line
Of a roof that's straight and a job done right
Gonna keep out the rain on a Sunday night
Nobody clapped and that was fine
Pride don't always need to shine
It sits real quiet in your chest
Like a good day's work and a well-earned rest

Years from now when the storms roll through
And the congregation sings in the dry and the true
They'll never know whose hands were there
But we will, and that's our share

Nobody clapped and that was fine
We stood back and we toed the line
Of a roof that's straight and a job done right
Gonna keep out the rain on a Sunday night
Nobody clapped and that was fine
Pride don't always need to shine
It sits real quiet in your chest
Like a good day's work and a well-earned rest

Nobody clapped
And that was fine