Steve Earle - It's About Blood lyrics
[Steve Earle - It's About Blood lyrics]
Look me in the eye when you're talkin' to me
I wanna see in your soul when you lie
Don't try and tell me
That you couldn't foresee
What everybody reckoned was a matter of time
Goddamn right I'm emotional
I ain't nothin' but a man
Hell yes, this is personal
Before we leave here you're gonna understand
It's about fathers it's about sons
It's about lovers
Wakin' up in the middle of the night alone
It's about muscle it's about bone
It's about a river runnin' thicker than water
And it's about blood
Once upon a time in America
Workin' man knew where he stood
Nowadays just gettin' by is a miracle
Probably couldn't give it up if I could
Don't wanna hear about the
State of the economy
Fiscal reality, profit and loss
None of that matters once
You're underground anyway
Damn sure can't tell me nothin' 'bout cost
It's about fathers it's about sons
It's about lovers
Wakin' up in the middle of the night alone
It's about muscle it's about bone
It's about a river runnin' thicker than water
And it's about blood
Tell yourself it was an accident
Isolated incident, part of the job
Yeah, well tell that to the families
Kids without daddies tell it to God
Is that the wind you hear
Howlin' through the holler?
Or the ghost of a widow that cries?
For every man that died for
A coal company dollar
A lung full of dust and a heart full of lies
It's about fathers it's about sons
It's about lovers
Wakin' up in the middle of the night alone
It's about muscle it's about bone
It's about a river runnin' thicker than water
And it's about blood
Joe Marcum, Ronald Lee Maynor
James E mooney, adam
Keith Morgan, Rex L mullins, Joshua S napper
Howard d payne, Dillard Earl Persinger
Joel R price, deward
Scott, Gary Quarles, Grover Dale
Skeens, Benny Willingham, ricky Workman
It's about blood
I wanna see in your soul when you lie
Don't try and tell me
That you couldn't foresee
What everybody reckoned was a matter of time
Goddamn right I'm emotional
I ain't nothin' but a man
Hell yes, this is personal
Before we leave here you're gonna understand
It's about fathers it's about sons
It's about lovers
Wakin' up in the middle of the night alone
It's about muscle it's about bone
It's about a river runnin' thicker than water
And it's about blood
Once upon a time in America
Workin' man knew where he stood
Nowadays just gettin' by is a miracle
Probably couldn't give it up if I could
Don't wanna hear about the
State of the economy
Fiscal reality, profit and loss
None of that matters once
You're underground anyway
Damn sure can't tell me nothin' 'bout cost
It's about fathers it's about sons
It's about lovers
Wakin' up in the middle of the night alone
It's about muscle it's about bone
It's about a river runnin' thicker than water
And it's about blood
Tell yourself it was an accident
Isolated incident, part of the job
Yeah, well tell that to the families
Kids without daddies tell it to God
Is that the wind you hear
Howlin' through the holler?
Or the ghost of a widow that cries?
For every man that died for
A coal company dollar
A lung full of dust and a heart full of lies
It's about fathers it's about sons
It's about lovers
Wakin' up in the middle of the night alone
It's about muscle it's about bone
It's about a river runnin' thicker than water
And it's about blood
Joe Marcum, Ronald Lee Maynor
James E mooney, adam
Keith Morgan, Rex L mullins, Joshua S napper
Howard d payne, Dillard Earl Persinger
Joel R price, deward
Scott, Gary Quarles, Grover Dale
Skeens, Benny Willingham, ricky Workman
It's about blood