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

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

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