Erika Chambers - The War (Music City Roots)

my face is so drawn, my eyes are so weary.
and it's been so long since I've had any rest- a good night's rest.
my hands were so soft on the day I got married.
before the depression, before this old war.
my life was so simple, before we was poor.

but now feeding the babies and workin' the fields
has me prayin' for rain and a little cornmeal.
and believin' that somewhere beyond all this pain is a Heaven that hears
and a Jesus that saves.

blessed am I, for I shall inherit
the debts of my fathers, the sins of their youth.
i'm comin' apart and it's all I can do to keep...

feeding the babies and workin' the fields,
i keep prayin' for rain and a little cornmeal.
and believin' that somewhere beyond all this pain is a Heaven that hears
and a Jesus that saves.

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