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Got Some Blood On My Shirt

from Second Dawn Chorus by Dawn Chorus

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Born where the river runs out
Down where there's nothing left
Your name is what you sign on a check
Your faith is what you keep to yourself

I walked all over Ohio
I got a hole in my shoe
There wasn't nothing else
That we could do

I broke the bank in Chicago
I hit a man in the third
Is there a lesson there
That I should have learned?

I grabbed a gun in St. Louis
And I got some blood on my shirt
Now there ain't nobody else
To hurt

I lost my name in Lewiston
Now everyone wonders who
Is that man
With nothing left to lose

I found Jesus in Denver
The father said He'd been waiting for me
He said, "Even this far down a tunnel
There's a light you never see."

Was never famous in Arkansas
My jacket spelled bad news
The record played on both sides
I never got to choose

I met some girls in Miami
They knew how to spend the time
They were pretty
And they never spoke out of line

The celebration inside my heart
With desperation and song
I fought my way to the morning light
Because the nights were so long

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from Second Dawn Chorus, released October 1, 2004

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Dawn Chorus Greensboro, North Carolina

Dawn Chorus was from Greensboro, NC. Usually it was Andrew, Amy, Will and Zachary, but sometimes there were others.

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