Lyrics The Once And Future Carpenter.lrc The Avett Brothers
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[ar: The Avett Brothers]
[al: The Carpenter]
[ti: The Once and Future Carpenter]
[length: 04:52]
[00:10.00]I ain’t from Texas, but I made my way from Dallas
[00:15.30]And I know the lonesome sound is following
[00:23.40]And I ain’t a gambler, but I can recognize a hand
[00:28.65]And when to hold, when queens are staring back at me
[00:51.71]Once I was a carpenter, and man my hands were calloused
[00:57.75]I could swing a metal mallet sure and straight
[01:05.55]But I took to the highway, a poet young and hungry
[01:11.18]And I left the timbers where they lay
[01:18.71]Forever I will move like the world that turns beneath me
[01:24.69]And when I lose my direction I’ll look up to the sky
[01:31.36]And when the black cloak drags upon the ground
[01:34.78]I’ll be ready to surrender, and remember
[01:39.91]Well we’re all in this together
[01:44.42]If I live the life I’m given, I wont be scared to die
[01:55.75]And I don’t come from Detroit, but her diesel motors pull me
[02:01.18]And I followed till I finally lost my way
[02:08.52]And now I spend my days in search of a woman I called purpose
[02:14.62]And if I ever pass back through her town I’ll stay
[02:22.26]Forever I will move like the world that turns beneath me
[02:28.16]And when I lose my direction I’ll look up to the sky
[02:34.90]And when the black dress drags upon the ground
[02:38.33]I’ll be ready to surrender, and remember
[02:43.43]Well we’re all in this together
[02:48.27]If I live the life I’m given, I won’t be scared to die
[03:16.52]And my life is but a coin, it’s pulled from an empty pocket
[03:23.57]Dropped into a slot with dreams of sevens close behind
[03:30.97]And these hopes and these fears go with it, and moon and the sun go spinning
[03:36.99]Like the numbers and fruits before our eyes
[03:43.88]Sometimes I hit, sometimes it robs me blind
[03:51.37]Sometimes I hit, sometimes it robs me blind
[03:58.73]Forever I will move like the world that turns beneath me
[04:05.01]And when I lose my direction I’ll look up to the sky
[04:11.99]And when the black cloak drags upon the ground
[04:15.35]I’ll be ready to surrender, and remember
[04:21.30]Well we’re all in this together
[04:25.32]If I live the life I’m given, I won’t be scared to die
[04:35.00]Year of Release: 2012