Rustin' In The Rain Album Lyrics by Tyler Childers

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Rustin' In The Rain

I have gee'd and haw'd
Myself into a tizzy
I am yearning for the turning
In the most peculiar way
Blame it on my jeans
Caked in tenant farming
But I can't stand for idle hands
As the hours waste away

Let your love light shine
Don't ya hide it 'neath no bushel, baby
Take 'at wick to task
And work me all night 'neath the flame
I am yours to use
And I sure wish you would use me
Do not let my heart just fall apart
Rustin' in the rain

I'm a hillside plow
Working one way then the other
I don't run around in circles
I work right on up the side
Startin' at the foot
Going past the shoulder
'Til the sweat erodes
And the whole hill slides

Let your love light shine
Don't ya hide it 'neath no bushel, baby
Take 'at wick to task
And work me all night 'neath the flame
I am yours to use
And I sure wish you would use me
Do not let my heart just fall apart
Rustin' in the rain

I have gee'd and haw'd
For you and it sure suits me
I am pawing with impatience
At the thought of tracin' chains
I have grit my bit
Right in half from just a-thinkin'
Of gettin' hunkered down
Tryin' to get up through the hames

Let your love light shine
Don't ya hide it 'neath no bushel, baby
Take that wick to task
And work me all night 'neath the flame
I am yours to use
And I sure wish you would use me
Do not let my heart just fall apart
Rustin' in the rain

Do not let my heart just fall apart
Rustin' in the rain

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Phone Calls and Emails

Hello, good morning
I hope you've slept well
I hope that my message gets through
It's so unnerving
To get no reply
To the phone calls and emails
I'm sending to you

I'm sure you're busy
I'd say that you're swamped
Lord knows it's a long row to hoe
But if I've done something
That has put you off
I wish that you'd just let me know

We used to talk daily
You'd call to check in
I'd check in on you, I considered us friends

Now I'm second guessing
What I thought to be true
With these phones calls and emails
I'm sending to you

We used to talk daily
You'd call to check in
I'd check in on you, I considered us friends

Now I'm second guessing
What I thought to be true
With these phone calls and emails
I'm sending to you

Are you preferring
I left you alone?
Just answer with what I should do
I'm sorry, I'll quit now
With bombarding your phone
With these phone calls and emails
I'm sending to you

These phone calls and emails
I'm sending to you

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Luke 2:8-10

Luke Chapter 2 Verses 8-10
And there were in the same country shepherds abidin' in the field
Keepin' watch over their flock by night
And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them
And the glory of the Lord shone 'round about them
And they were so afraid, and the angel said unto them
"Fear not, for behold I bring tidings of great joy which shall be unto all"

Is it a bird, is it a plane
Is it perhaps I'm going insane
From all night abidin' the field?
Look at the thing up on the ridgе
W-w-what d'ya reckon it is?
It's movin', I think it's on wheels

Is it a flame hooked to a cart?
Comе to a 'whoa' there in the dark
Why in the world would you move such a thing?
Lo, enough, hark, I could've sworn
I heard a shout, what's going on?
It's closer, it's coming our way

Daniel, get up, gather the sheep
Tell them there's no time to sleep
My God, it's the end of the world

I'm so afraid, but I was right
It was a shout come from the light
It is a woman on fire with two wings
And though she burns, it's seems to me
She's just as calm as she can be
Tryin' to get us to hear what she sings

Daniel, get up, gather the sheep
Tell them there's no time to sleep
My God, it's the end of the world
Daniel, get up, gather the sheep
Tell them there's no time to sleep
My God, it's the end of the world

My God, it's the end of the world
My God, it's the end of the world

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Help Me Make It Through the Night

Take the ribbon from your hair
Shake it loose and let it fall
Dancin' soft against my skin
Like the shadows on the wall

Come and lay down by my side
'Til the early morning light
All I'm takin' is your time
Oh, help me make it through the night

I don't care who's right or wrong
And I don't need to understand
Let the devil take tomorrow
'Cause tonight I need a friend
Yesterday is dead and gone
And tomorrow's out of sight
It's so sad to be alone
Oh, help me make it through the night

I don't care who's right or wrong
And I don't need to understand
Let the devil take tomorrow
'Cause tonight I need a friend
Ooh, yesterday is dead and gone
And tomorrow's out of sight
It's so sad to be alone
Oh, help me make it through the night

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Percheron Mules

Mammoth Jacks and Percheron mares
Grazing up and down my dreams
Nothin' less than sixteen hands
I don't wanna drag my feet
Anything more small than that
It ain't worth the feed it takes
Give me big 'ol Mammoth Jacks
Throwin' mules the size of tanks

Yeah, a team the size of tanks
And a hundred head of goat
When I get the pigpen built
I'm a find a couple shoats
And I'll name'em after y'all
And they'll all look just like me
Rollin' 'round a pile of shit
Just as happy as can be

Mammoth Jacks and Percheron mares
(Mammoth Jacks and Percheron mares)
Grazing up and down my dreams
Nothin' less than sixteen hands
(Sixteen hands, sixteen hands)
I don't wanna drag my feet
(He don't wanna drag his feet)
Anything more small than that
(Anything more small than that)
It ain't worth the feed it takes
(It ain't worth the feed it takes)
Give me big 'ol Mammoth Jacks
(Mammoth Jacks, Mammoth Jacks)
Throwin' mules the size of tanks

Yeah, a team of Percheron mules
Pullin' rebuilt number nines
Slidin' stone boats 'cross the hill
For to stack the stones so high
I don't mind to beat the rock
But my back can't take the haul
But with these here, Percheron mules
It ain't troublin' me at all
(Throw it)

They don't need their oil changed
They don't burn gasoline
They stock in all
The compost that I need
(Compost that he needs)

Mammoth Jacks and Percheron mares
(Mammoth Jacks and Percheron mares)
Grazing up and down my dreams
Nothin' less than sixteen hands
(Sixteen hands, sixteen hands)
I don't wanna drag my feet
(He don't wanna drag his feet)
Anything more small than that
(Anything more small than that)
It ain't worth the feed it takes
(It ain't worth the feed it takes)
Give me big 'ol Mammoth Jacks
(Mammoth Jacks, Mammoth Jacks)
Throwin' mules the size of tanks

Give me big 'ol Mammoth Jacks
(Give him big 'ol Mammoth Jacks)
Throwin' mules the size of tanks

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In Your Love

I will wait for you
'Til the sun turns into ashes
And bows down to the moon
I will wait for you

It's a long hard war
Ah, but I can grin and bear it
'Cause I know what the hell I'm fighting for
And I will wait for you

We were never made to run forever
We were just meant to go long enough
To find what we were chasing after
I believe I found it here in your love

I will stand my ground
I'm a bad man looking for takers
You're the finest thing around
So I will stand my ground

'Cause it's cold out there
And you know some men search for ages
For the love that I have found
So I will stand my ground

We were never made to run forever
We were just meant to go long enough
To find what we were chasing after
I believe I found it here in your love

Honey, I will wait for you
Honey, I will stand my ground

I will work for you
'Til my hands are tired and bleedin'
I know what it is from us I'm needin'
I will work for you

Like a team of mules
Pulling Hell off from its hinges
It's the love that I'll keep tendin'
I will work for you

We were never made to run forever
We were just meant to go long enough
To find what we were chasing after
I believe I found it here in your love

Honey, I will wait for you
Honey, I will stand my ground
I will work for you
I will stand my ground

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Space and Time

I never wanna leave this world
Without sayin' I love you
Without sayin' what you mean to me
You know you make me happy
Oh, when we
Share this space and time
Want you to know you shape this heart of mine
And I never wanna leave this world, oh
Without saying I love you

Oh, and out in the woods
This picture is clear to me
I owe my life to even my enemies
The ones who have loved me
The ones who have tried
Their grips on my heart
And their grips on my mind
The stranger I pass
My mama, brothers
Friends and my father
They're God under cover
I'm telling you now
In case I must go
Want you to know

I never wanna leave this world
Without sayin' I love you
Without sayin' what you mean to me
You know you make me happy
Oh, when we
Share this space and time
Want you to know you shape this heart of mine
And I never wanna leave this world, oh
Without saying I love you

I never wanna leave this world
Without sayin' I love you
Without sayin' what you mean to me
You know you make me happy
Oh, when we
Share this space and time
Want you to know you shape this heart of mine
And I never wanna leave this world, oh
Without saying I love you