The Carpenter

The Avett Brothers

The Once and Future Carpenter

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Timothy Seth Avett

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Scott Yancey Avett

Robert William Crawford

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Christopher Evelio

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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
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 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's pulled 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

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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

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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

If I live the life I'm given, I wont be scared to die

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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

And when the black dress drags upon the ground

If I live the life I'm given, I won't be scared to die

And my life is but a coin, it's pulled 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

The Carpenter • 2012

The Once and Future Carpenter

The Avett Brothers

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