Gillian Welch

Lease twenty acres and one Ginny mule From the Alabama Trust Half of the cotton, third of the corn Get a handful of dust We cannot have all things to please us No matter how we try 'Til we've all gone to Jesus We can only wonder why I had a daughter

I made a lover's prayer I made a lover's prayer Then watched the sky Then wanted to cry So only you and I And how I try I made a lover's prayer I made a lover's prayer I made a lover's prayer Help me rise above What I'm thinking of Just a little more

Buddy I went down to Scarlet Town Never been there before You slept on a feather bed I slept on the floor I don't mind a little town Or drinking my coffee cold But the things I seen in Scarlet Town Did mortify my soul Look at that deep well Look at t

A long time ago left my home For job in the fruit trees But I miss those hills with the windy pines Their song seemed to suit me So I sent my wages to my home Said, we'd soon be 'gether For the next good crop, pay my way And I'd come home forever One

Nowhere man And the whiskey girl Nowhere man And the whiskey girl They loaded up for A weekend in the underworld I'd take you down Honey if I could I'd take you down Honey if I could We'd find a place In the sunshine We'd be feeling good Don't you kn