Bad News:
While the devils in the cellar God’s up in the sky
Counting my steps until salvation
Got to learn to do better than I’ve done
If I want to be the one
To tell you what it’s like to be certain
Sang some verses to clear my mind
Songs pleading for redemption
Anticipation, it claims my heart
And I think I’ve found the key
So I spend most of my time looking for the lock
I want no more bad news from you
Though I told you so
I didn’t actually know
Which way was the right way to go
Bluebird’s singing its song to the sky
Church bells are calming lonesome lives
Headlights burn the pavement wide
As we’re watching from the neighbor’s gravel drive
My old man, he took care of his hands
Heart full of nothing but discipline
And though he was sent overseas
He ended up back here in middle Tennessee
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credits
from Young Lungs,
released June 1, 2008
Words and Music: Kent Eugene Goolsby
Stocked Pond Publishing (BMI)
Engineered by Mikey Allred and The Only Sons
Produced by Mikey Allred
Mastered by Mikey Allred
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