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4​-​track Songs 2008

by Jonni Greth

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Lay My Burdens Down 03:36
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I don't want no No home of my own I don't want no No home of my own All I want Is to lay my burdens down All I want Is to lay my burdens down No, I don't I don't want no gold No, I don't I don't want no gold All I want Is nothing Nothing to hold I don't want no Don't want no home I don't want no Don't want no home All I want Is to lay my burdens down All I want Is to lay my burdens down
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Motherless Child 06:21
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Sometimes I feel like a motherless child (3x) A long way from home (2x) Sometimes I feel like I shouldn't been born (3x) A long way from home (2x) True believer A long way from home A long way from home Sometimes I feel somethin' growin' in me (2x) Sometimes I feel a Christ child growin' in me And soon He will be born And soon He will be born True believer A long way from home A long way from home Sometimes I feel nothin' growin' in me (2x) Sometimes I feel it's a ghost pregnancy Oh, Holy Ghost! Oh, Holy Ghost! True believer A long way from home A long way from home Sometimes I feel like a motherless child Sometimes I feel like a fatherless son Sometimes I feel like the childless one A long way from home A long way from home I said I'm a true believer I'm a true believer I'm a true believer A long way from home A long way from home I'm a true believer A long way from home A long way from home
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Take Off All My Sin 03:26
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You know I'd love to hold you Forever and ever, amen I'd stand knockin' on your doorstep And you'd let me in And I'd finally take off all my sin If I was a different way If you were a different way If the sun shone different rays Then it might work out one day In you I would be growing Your light would shine from my face I'd show you how to calm down You'd teach me to work all day I'd come weary and heavy laden And we'd both find rest in grace If I was a different way If you were a different way If the sun shone different rays Then it might work out one day Yes, I would love some children And they'd love God their father And they'd always listen To their Holy Mother If our son were grief-stricken He'd die on this side and come out the other If I were a different way If you were a different way If home was a safer place Then it might work out one day But if I was a different way If you were a different way If the world was a different place It just wouldn't be the same
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So Many Souls 01:41
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Well I just got my guitar back from the dead Singing like an angel, but she looks like hell She was upstairs when St. Peter called the roll Said, "We lost so many souls. We lost so many souls." I watched my love swim 'cross the Lake of Fire Saw God burn away the things He didn't like She said, "It's kinda warm, but you should come out fine. You'll just have to leave your left hand behind You'll just have to leave your left hand behind." I said, "I can't let my body burn alive, But if I eyes offend you, I'll pluck 'em out. But if I amputated every limb causin' me to sin Lord knows what I'd have cut off by now Lord knows what I'd have cut off by now My love said, "I watched lightning blitz the dark Just like it had 2000 years before, But war is hate, and love and hate are still at war, And we've lost so many souls. We've lost so many souls. We've lost sooooo many souls."
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The Water Is Wide 06:25
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All of Creation Groans 02:54
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Babe, dream of me I'll think of you when I'm wide awake While I'm still half-concerned 'Bout what happened to all the day My mother said I was born with itchy legs Like my dead grandfather was And baby, they've been killing me today And sleep is a hard feeling to fake Yeah, sleep is a hard feeling to fake My busted heart seems to be healing up quite fast Nurses tell me if I get some rest It might be fit for you to have But just so you know, when it starts running from my past I fear that if I let it go It could bust right out of my chest And I don't wanna get any blood on your hands No, I don't wanna get any blood on your dress My, can't you hear the nighttime moan? All of creation groans, Waiting to be reborn My mother said I was born with itchy legs Just like her whole family had And half the northern European states Say that love is a hard baby to make Yeah, love is a hard baby to make Love is a hard baby to make

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released January 1, 2008

Music, lyrics, album art, vocals, etc. by Jonni Greth, except lyrics to "The Water Is Wide" (public domain) and the first two verses of "Motherless Child" (also public domain).

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Jonni Greth Nashville, Tennessee

Singer/ Songwriter Jonni Greth spent years traveling the Eastern United States-playing music in every town he visited- before arriving in Nashville. His style, which runs the gamut from spooky alt-country to lush, string-heavy Americana, revolves around his earthy fingerpicking style and warm, philanthropic melody lines. ... more

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