the avett brothers
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 the queens are staring back at me  Once I was a carpenter, 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 Well 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 pull 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'll 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  And 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 fruits before my 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