From this day on I own my father's gun We dug his shallow grave beneath the sun I laid his broken body down beneath the Southern land It wouldn't do to bury him where any Yankee stands
I'll take my horse and I'll ride the northern plain To wear the color of the greys and join the fight again I'll not rest until I know the cause is fought and won From this day on until I die I'll wear my father's gun
[Chorus] I'd like to know where the riverboat sails tonight To New Orleans well that's just fine alright Cause there's fighting there and the company needs men So slip us a rope and sail on round the bend
As soon as this is over we'll go home To plant the seeds of justice in our bones To watch the children growing and see the women sewing There'll be laughter when the bells of freedom ring
When they call your name Will you walk right up With a smile on your face Will you cower in fear In your favorite sweater With an old love letter
I wish you would I wish you would Come pick me up Take me out Fuck me up Steal my records Screw all my friends They're all full of shit With a smile on your face And then do it again I wish you would
When you're walking downtown Do you wish I was there Do you wish it was me With the windows clear And the mannequin's eyes Do they all look like mine You know you could
I wish you would Come pick me up Take me out Fuck me up Steal my records Screw all my friends Behind my back With a smile on your face And then do it again I wish you would
I wish you'd make up my bed So I could make up my mind Try it for sleeping instead Maybe you'll rest sometimes I wish I could I wish I could I wish I could
Long black limousine Shiniest car I've ever seen The back seat is nice and clean She rides as quiet as a dream
Someone dug a hole six long feet in the ground I said goodbye to you and I threw my roses down Ain't nothing left at all in the end of being proud With me riding in this car and you flying through them clouds
I've had some time to think about it And watch the sun sink like a stone I've had some time to think about you On the long ride home
One day I took your tiny hand Put your finger in the wedding band Your daddy gave a piece of land We made ourselves the best of plans
Forty years go by with someone laying in your bed Forty years of things you say you wish you'd never said How hard would it have been to say some kinder words instead? I wonder as I stare up at the sky turning red
I've had some time to think about it And watch the sun sink like a stone I've had some time to think about you On the long ride home
Headlights searching down the driveway The house is dark as it can be I go inside and all is silent And seems as empty as the inside of me
I've had some time to think about it And watch the sun sink like a stone I've had some time to think about you On the long On the long Oh the long On the long ride home
Oh you and I we sure can dream Of conversations that might have been I know that I treat you unkind And long ago I lost my mind And even after all these years I can't even see you clear I know that you must lie sometimes To hide the truth you're trying to find Oh I won't shut us down No I will stay around As long as I can As long as I can Even after all these years
I can't even see you clear A child is born another dies And every life has its price Oh I won't shut us down No I will stay around As long as I can As long as I can As long as I can As long as I can As long as I can
(Sill) Sweet silver angels over the sea please come down flying low for me
One time I trusted a stranger 'cause I heard his sweet song And it was gently enticing me though there was something wrong When I turned he was gone
Blinding me his song remains reminding me he's a bandit and a heartbreaker Oh but Jesus was a crossmaker
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He wages war with the devil a pistol by his side And though he chases him out my window and won't give him a place to hide He keeps his door open wide Fighting him he lights a lamp inviting him He's a bandit and a heartbreaker oh but Jesus was a crossmaker
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I hear the thunder come rumbling the light never looked so dim I see the junction get nearer and danger's in the wind and either road's looking grim
Hiding me I flee desire's dividing me He's a bandit and a heartbreaker Oh but Jesus was a crossmaker Yeah but Jesus was a crossmaker