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1.
Floorboards 03:52
You came into my house And into my dreams And turned them to nightmares Now I no longer sleep You left your heart with me To haunt me alone I hear it still beating Through the floorboards at home But you don’t understand That I won’t be your man And you don’t even know That I won’t let you go
2.
Digging for gold with a dirty hand Buzzard’s eye caught on a weary man My footprints leaving deep scars in the sand Rest my eyes on a pretty girl But I’m a dying man in a dying world By the sand or the devil’s hand my feet will burn Digging for gold with a broken spade Forget the empty threats Mother always made About God and Hell and what lies in my grave Rest my eyes on a mountain side But I’ll stop in the field where my father lies Buried deep in the dirt he left behind I’ll keep my secrets in the chamber of my gun But I’d give them up to anyone And I’ll keep my demons in the safety of my home ‘Cause I just can’t bear to live alone Mama and the preacher got a brand new goal They coming down tomorrow just to make me whole Daddy and the devil both avoid that fold Better send the fear of God for this forgotten soul
3.
Coming Home 04:16
Route 45 heads up northward from here Got more miles ahead than I carry in years I’ll cry out to Mary, see if she’s still a saint But nothing awaits me, ‘cause it’s nothing I’ve made Lord, it’s nothing I’ve made I got holes in my shoes and dirt on my knees And nobody’s looking to break bread with me Every road I take leads me back here Where the angels, they watching, but the devil is near Lord, the devil is near Please wait for me! I’ll make my way on down that road, but I’m not coming home Tell the saints, tell the sinners, tell my Mary, I ain’t coming home Mary, O Graceful, won’t you pray loud and clear Carry us sinners as death draws us near
4.
Georgia 02:59
My father said, “Son, there’s no need to be leaving The sins that I’ve carried don’t have to be yours Don’t punish your mother, she’s in the house weeping Praying the Lord keep you warm.” But I took to the road, and it only grew colder Fell in love with the bottle, and I nearly drowned Spent every night looking over my shoulder The Devil, he followed me down So I’m going back to Georgia Back to where I left friends in the past Oh, I’m headed to Atlanta If you’re going nowhere, get there fast I’m going back to Georgia Back to where all my sins washed away Oh, I’m headed to Atlanta In my sin water, that’s where I’ll bathe So I’m sorry, my son, but it’s true that I’m leaving The sins that I’ve carried should never be yours Go comfort your mother, she’s in the house weeping Praying the Lord keep me warm I got angels all around me I got angels singing loud I got angels all around me And they’re pulling me back to you now (But I’ve never been much one for crowds) Oh Atlanta, hear me loud I am coming home back to you now! So I’m going back to Georgia Back to where I left friends in the past Oh, I’m headed to Atlanta If you’re going nowhere, get there fast I’m going back to Georgia Back to where all my sins washed away Oh, I’m headed to Atlanta In my sin water, that’s where I’ll bathe
5.
When they bury me Better make it deep Don’t want to hear your voice telling me what to do ‘Cause on my grave They’ll mark me a slave If one more time I run myself back to you You only call me to complain Girl, you’re driving me insane Don’t want to hear your voice again You can’t force my calloused hand You only look me up When you had enough Of whatever man is trying just to pull you down You give a little smirk I do your dirty work Yeah, well not no more, I’m running out of this town You say you love me but I have my doubts Are you even trying, or just don’t know how?
6.
Death Row 04:09
I saw the setting sun and I knew that here’s as far as I would run So I turned to face the dogs and gave myself to the long arm of the law I raised both my hands and I let the warden’s man drag me away And I looked into those hardened eyes and asked “Son, whatcha think they’ll say after I die?” “Well drifter, they’ll pilfer all that you know Starting with the life you left behind before death row And your momma’s heart won’t heal the hole ‘cuz for your soul when you die Heaven ain’t nigh.” I heard footsteps approach and I saw them holding what the jury wrote And I knew what was in store ‘cuz I’ve seen men walk down that hallway before They clapped both my hands in the tightest iron bands that they could find And I looked into those steely eyes and asked “warden, what’ll they do after I die?” “Well drifter, they’ll pilfer all that you know Starting with the life you left behind before death row And your momma’s heart won’t heal the hole ‘cuz for your soul when you die Heaven ain’t nigh.” I walked down the row – you never told me how it feels so much like home I saw through the coldest eyes that the world has ever made and left outside Up the stairs I rose to take my rightful place upon my throne They closed and locked the door and I asked the preacher what awaits me when I die “Well drifter, they’ll pilfer all that you know Starting with the life you left behind before death row And your momma’s heart won’t heal the hole ‘cuz for your soul when you die Heaven ain’t nigh.”
7.
I told her I would not drink A promise I never intended to keep The bottle of whiskey still sings me to sleep And takes her away again The sky, it was red on the night that they died When I lost my dear baby girl and my wife And I begged God to take back my life ‘Cause I didn’t want it no more Well I’ve never had much of a plan It’s always been other men’s dirt on my hands And I’ve felt like I’m running through sand Just trying to get home again I took about all I could take When I see that rope my hands start to shake And I pray God that may neck will break When it comes to the end of things They tell me no women will cry on my grave No preacher believes I’d be worth it to save And I’ve heard dying men should be brave But I ain’t got nothing impressive to say So just let me hang low Down near the people I know And I’ll go where they go
8.
Ohio 04:45
Sister went south to college, and brother hit the streets with war I went to fight with the government, so I moved myself up north Sister came back that summer (she said, My Lord) and taught us all about sin (won’t You save their souls?) I remember that look on my brother’s face, asking mom for repentance And now he’s singing Oh! Left, heading east from mountains (take me back home!) back to OHIO (I will not go!) Mama broke down at the border line so I took the wheel and drove Papa cried out for money (he said, my son) but that ain’t no way to live (I’ll be home soon) Now I can’t see his face from that middle east, laid off from that recession And now he’s singing Oh! GOD, can you hear me, or did my tongue just freeze? Been walking ten miles trying to get to church ‘Cause I ain’t got nowhere else to be ANGELS, you won’t help me, you just sing the same old notes All the feeling in my body is dying out, but all you got to say is OH OH OH Headed back west to mountains, and made my peace at home Where the doors are broken down, like the people inside, but the walls are what’s standing strong Papa has said he’s sorry, Mama, she don’t say a word Now I’m building myself on a brand new lot, where my heart won’t be cracked and torn It’s got me singing OH!
9.
Faith 03:23
When they lay my body down, forget my soul You know my soul’s got a ways to go When they lay my body down, forget my soul Forget my soul today You got your gold gates up in Heaven But there’s gold here in the ground And I don’t need no salvation If I can buy Heaven hear and now So don’t worry about me ‘Cause I got all I desire And I swear I’ll change if there comes a day When I smell your damn hellfire ‘Cause I got faith in my Lord, Jesus O I got faith You’re coming down today I got faith in my Lord, Jesus O I got faith You’re coming, Lord, don’t forget this boy I’m coming home today Now my mind is always racing Sending shivers through my spine But you can keep your prayers and blessings ‘Cause I can handle this just fine So don’t worry about me I got your voice in my head And it screams and shouts all about my doubts But it can go to Hell instead Cause I got faith
10.
Waitin' Up 02:35
I was watching every night as he crept out the door With a bottle in his hand and his arms around a whore By the morning he crawls back to the courtroom on the bench With a bible by his side When they brought me in the room, Oh, he had his mind made up Shouted “Thirty years to life!” and they slapped my hands in cuffs As they dragged me down the hall, Oh, I shouted out his name Singing “Boy, I won’t be long!” Now I’ve broken down these bars and I know What you’re doing every night and where you go Boy, we’re guilty of the same sins and so Got your sentence behind your door! And I’ll be waiting up tonight when he comes stumblin’ in With my pistol in my hand and my belly full of gin I got fire in my eyes and my patience wearing thin Best go let the jury know looks like I’m coming home again
11.
Quaint House 04:45
Quaint house with a backyard where the kids can play Front porch and two chairs for when we’re old and gray Your left hand, where the comfort of forever’s found Two hearts, but one’s buried underneath the ground Dark coats on a cold November day And when the hurt shows bite my lip so I don’t have to say I miss you but we’ll be together soon It’s like our friends say, just got to make it through this afternoon Quaint house, but it’s quiet now that kids are gone Cracked walls, and I’m counting all the bruises on my Left hand, where the comfort of forever lied Eyes closed, in the morning I’ll sleeping be by your side Dress my lover in a patchy old skirt Color it brown to match the surrounding dirt Tell my mama it’ll be okay Tell her I’m sorry that I’m beating her to the grave I am getting sick of seeing other people kiss Holding tight their sweethearts' hand with arms around their neck Two drinks and a rope, a shaky hand to write my note When you find me here, I hope you’ll read the words I wrote Before long I will sing this song And I’ll be gone tonight
12.
I heard that the Lord is coming down In a low but violent angry sound I heard that the Lord is coming But it ain’t ever over till it’s done I heard that the moon is turning red Woke up to an angel in my bed Said “Child, there’s an anger coming, But it ain’t ever over till it’s done.” I heard there’s a fire in the land Fresh blood dropped down on distant sand I heard there’s a war a-coming But it ain’t ever over till it’s done Whether sinners or saints, yeah you’d better get running I’ll be dead in three days and it won’t be for nothing Well the winter won’t wait, so you’d better get running I’ll be dead in three days and it won’t be for nothing I heard that the Lord is coming down In a low but violent angry sound I heard that the Lord is coming But it ain’t ever over till it’s done.

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released January 3, 2015

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