I ain't from Texas, but I made my way from Dallas
And I know the lonesome sound is following
I ain't a gambler, but I can recognize a hand
And when to hold, when the queens are staring back at me
Once I was a carpenter, man my hands were calloused
I could swing a metal mallet sure and straight
But I took to the highway, a poet young and hungry
And I left the timbers where they lay
Forever I will move like the world that turns beneath me
And when I lose my direction I'll look up to the sky
And when the black cloak drags upon the ground
I'll be ready to surrender, and remember
Well we're all in this together
If I live the life I'm given, I wont be scared to die
And I don't come from Detroit, but her diesel motors pull me
And I followed till I finally lost my way
And now I spend my days in search of a woman we called purpose
And if I ever pass back through here town I'll stay
Forever I will move like the world that turns beneath me
And when I lose my direction I'll look up to the sky
And when the black cloak drags upon the ground
I'll be ready to surrender, and remember
Well we're all in this together
If I live the life I'm given, I won't be scared to die
And my life is but a coin, pulled from an empty pocket
Dropped into a slot with dreams of sevens close behind
And hope and fear go with it, and moon and the sun go spinning
Like the numbers and fruits before my eyes
Sometimes I hit, sometimes it robs me blind
Sometimes I hit, sometimes it robs me blind
Forever I will move like the world that turns beneath me
And when I lose my direction I'll look up to the sky
And when the black cloak drags upon the ground
I'll be ready to surrender, and remember
Well we're all in this together
If I live the life I'm given, I won't be scared to die
The Once and Future Carpenter
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40 East A Fathers First Spring A Lot Of Moving A Lover Like You Ain't No Man Ain't No Man Another is Waiting Another is Waiting Another Is Waiting (Demo) Apart From Me At The Beach Ballad False Start Beside The Yellow Line Bring Your Love (Demo) Bring Your Love To Me Closing Night Colorshow Dancing Daze Die Die Die Die Then Grow Die, Die, Die Distraction #74 Divorce Separation Blues Do You Love Him Down With The Shine Every Morning Song (Demo) February Seven Find My Love Fisher Road to Hollywood Four Thieves Gone Geraldine Gimmeakiss Go To Sleep Good To You Head Full Of Doubt, Road Full Of Promise I And Love And You I Killed Sally's Lover I Killed Sally's Lover I Love I Never Knew You I Wish I Was If It's The Beaches IntroFeeling Good January Wedding Jenny And The Summer Day Kind Of In Love Laundry Door Left On Laura, Left On Lisa Letter To A Pretty Girl Life Live And Die Live and Die (Single) Living Of Love Love Like The Movies Mama, I Don't Believe May It Last Me And God Morning Song My Last Song To Jenny My Losing Bet Never Been Alive No Hard Feelings November Blue Offering Old Joe Clark Old Wyom Once And Future Carpenter One Line Wonder Open Ended Life Paranoia In B Major Paronia In B flat Major Paul Newman Vs. The Demons Please Pardon Yourself Pretend Love Pretty Girl At The Airport Pretty Girl From Annapolis Pretty Girl From Cedar Lane Pretty Girl From Feltre Pretty Girl From Locust Pretty Girl From Michigan Pretty Girl From Raleigh Pretty Girl From San Diego Rejects In The Attic Salvation Song Sanguine Satan Pulls the Strings Signs Skin and Bones Smithsonian Sorry Man Souls Like the Wheels Souls Like The Wheels (EP) Talk On Indolence The Bloody Apology The Boys Are Back In Town The Clearness Is Gone The Day That Marvin Gaye Died The Lowering (A Sad Day In Greenvilletown) The New Love Song The SSS Through My Prayers Traveling Song True Sadness Untitled #2 Vanity Victims of Life Walking For You Wanted Man Will You Return? Winter In My Heart Yardsale You Are Mine
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