The Once And Future Carpenter

I ain't from Texas, but I made my way from Dallas

And I know the lonesome sound is following

I ain't a gambler, but I can recognize a hand

And when to hold, when queens are staring back at me



Once I was a carpenter, and man my hands were calloused

I could swing a metal mallet sure and straight

But I took to the highway, a poet young and hungry

And I left the timbers rotting where they lay



Forever I will move like the world that turns beneath me

And when I lose my direction I'll look up to the sky

And when the black cloak drags upon the ground

I'll be ready to surrender, and remember

We're all in this together

If I live the life I'm given, I won't be scared to die



I don't come from Detroit, but her diesel motors pulled me

And I followed till I finally lost my way

And now I spend my days in search of a woman we called purpose

And if I ever pass back through her town I'd stay



Forever I will move like the world that turns beneath me

And when I lose my direction I'll look up to the sky

And when the black dress drags upon the ground

I'll be ready to surrender, and remember

We're all in this together

If I live the life I'm given, I won't be scared to die



My life is but a coin, pulled from an empty pocket

Dropped into a slot with dreams of sevens close behind

Hope and fear go with it, and moon and the sun go spinning

Like the numbers and the fruits before our eyes



Sometimes I hit, sometimes it robs me blind

Sometimes I hit, sometimes it robs me blind



Forever I will move like the world that turns beneath me

And when I lose my direction I'll look up to the sky

And when the black cloak drags upon the ground

I'll be ready to surrender, and remember

Well we're all in this together

If I live the life I'm given, I won't be scared to die