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Sunday Shoes
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Don’t you lay me down in my sunday best
i’m a working man and that’s how i’ll rest
faded blue jeans and holes in my boots
don’t you send me off to heaven in my sunday shoes
My daddy spent his whole life diggin in the ground
a black lung, pink slip, were all that he found
when they let him go they didn’t think twice
and when daddy lost his job he lost his mind
now mama’s all alone and daddy’s in the fire
cuz jesus don’t like when a good man goes wild
drinking and cussing, howling at the moon
daddy met his end at the hang man’s noose
and it’s a long long way
to the promised land
don’t you turn away
darlin, give me your hand
I thought Thelma was a girl who treated me right
so I brought her home a ring on a saturday night
said she wouldn’t have me unless I put down the drink
so I put her on her ass and I pawned the ring
now I don’t need that woman and I don’t need the drink
I found me a friend his name’s Codeine
we get higher than the redwoods rise
and I find peace, each and every night
But it’s a long long way
to the promised land
don’t you turn away
darlin give me your hand
You know the devil’s just a man like any other guy
working nine to five trying to save a dime
he’s got a job and that’s all that he knows
I harvest my crops and he does souls
so take me down to the river bed
lay me in that cool black clay
say a prayer over my bones
and just turn and walk away
take me down to the river bed
lay me in that cool black clay
say a prayer over my bones
and just turn and walk away
take me down to the river bed
lay me in that cool black clay
say a prayer over my bones
and just turn and walk away
TAKE ME DOWN TO THE RIVER BED
LAY ME IN THAT COOL BLACK CLAY
SAY A PRAYER OVER MY BONES
AND JUST TURN AND WALK AWAY
Don’t you lay me down in my sunday best
i’m a working man and that’s how i’ll rest
faded blue jeans and holes in my boots
don’t you send me off to heaven in my sunday shoes
don’t you send me off to heaven in my sunday shoes
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Ave. Of The Giants
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50 Cent Smile
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Build A Bigger Table
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Gripping Onto Water
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Paradise (John Prine Cover)
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Miami, AZ
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Charles Ellsworth Brooklyn, New York
Born and raised in the White Mountains of Arizona, Charles Ellsworth first gained an appreciation for a simple, not so distant past. His vivid lyrics and near-familiar melodies weave to tell stories of heartbreak and loneliness while shining a light on the perseverance of the human spirit. ... more
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