The Once And Future Carpenter
The Once And Future Carpenter -The Avett Brothers
I ain't from Texas
But I made my way from Dallas
And I know the lonesome sound is following
And I ain't a gambler
But I can recognize a hand
And when to hold
When queens are staring back at me
Once I was a carpenter
And 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
<-5,1374,0>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
I called purpose
And if I ever pass back through her 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 dress 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
It'spulled from an empty pocket
Dropped into a slot
With dreams of sevens close behind
And these hopes and these fears go with it
And moon and the sun go spinning
Like the numbers and fruits before our 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