[ti:The Once And Future Carpenter] [ar:The Avett Brothers] [al:The Carpenter] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Once And Future Carpenter - The Avett Brothers [00:10.60]I ain't from Texas [00:12.54]But I made my way from Dallas [00:15.98]And I know the lonesome sound is following [00:20.73] [00:24.10]And I ain't a gambler [00:25.87]But I can recognize a hand [00:29.12]And when to hold [00:30.80]When queens are staring back at me [00:34.18] [00:52.37]Once I was a carpenter [00:55.43]And man my hands were calloused [00:58.37]I could swing a metal mallet sure and straight [01:03.37] [01:05.68]But I took to the highway [01:09.05]A poet young and hungry [01:11.70]And I left the timbers where they lay [01:16.88] [01:19.07]Forever I will move like the world [01:23.38]That turns beneath me [01:25.06]And when I lose my direction [01:28.94]I'll look up to the sky [01:31.63]And when the black cloak drags upon the ground [01:35.38]I'll be ready to surrender and remember [01:39.88] [01:40.50]Well we're all in this together [01:42.81] [01:45.06]If I live the life I'm given [01:48.32] [01:50.75]I won't be scared to die [01:53.50] [01:56.25]And I don't come from Detroit [01:58.81]But her diesel motors pull me [02:01.94]And I followed till I finally lost my way [02:06.94] [02:09.31]And now I spend my days in search of a woman [02:13.50]I called purpose [02:15.25]And if I ever pass back through her town [02:19.00]I'll stay [02:20.69] [02:22.63]Forever I will move like the world [02:26.70]That turns beneath me [02:28.51]And when I lose my direction [02:32.26]I'll look up to the sky [02:35.08]And when the black dress drags upon the ground [02:38.95]I'll be ready to surrender and remember [02:43.51] [02:44.02]Well we're all in this together [02:46.33] [02:48.70]If I live the life I'm given [02:52.01] [02:54.45]I won't be scared to die [02:57.45] [03:18.27]And my life is but a coin [03:20.69] [03:21.24]It'spulled from an empty pocket [03:24.13]Dropped into a slot [03:25.69]With dreams of sevens close behind [03:29.24] [03:31.69]And these hopes and these fears go with it [03:34.56]And moon and the sun go spinning [03:37.50]Like the numbers and fruits before our eyes [03:42.80] [03:44.06]Sometimes I hit sometimes it robs me blind [03:49.78] [03:51.35]Sometimes I hit sometimes it robs me blind [03:57.29] [03:59.54]Forever I will move like the world [04:03.79]That turns beneath me [04:05.47]And when I lose my direction [04:09.10]I'll look up to the sky [04:12.22]And when the black cloak drags upon the ground [04:15.91]I'll be ready to surrender and remember [04:20.78]Well we're all in this together [04:23.42] [04:25.72]If I live the life I'm given [04:29.72] [04:31.41]I won't be scared to die