Well I came first
Or second if you want to get technical on that
I took the brunt of my daddy’s broken heart
From the end of a baseball bat
Julie came along and everything she touched
Couldn’t have turned more gold
Well I loved her too but, man, I was out in the cold
First day of school they dropped us off
And the teachers wondered
How I fell into so many doors at home
While Julie never fell
It wasn’t ’til I made my own friends, drank all night and slept all day
That I felt good
Man, I’d never felt that way
Me and my sister, we went different ways
But little sister did I try
She left home and started a brand new life
All them things they taught me as a kid
They’re all just a big old lie
Sin and redemption
I got one down cold and the other I’m fightin’
Fightin’ ’til the day that I die
Well from time to time I call her up just to see how her kids are doing
I’m talking to them through clouds so thick
But I love how they call me uncle
Her old man, he don’t like the way I just show up unannounced
Aw buddy - everyone’s got a cross they gotta spike in the ground
Me and my sister, we went different ways
But little sister did I try
She left home and started a brand new life
All them things they taught me as a kid
They’re all just a big old lie
Sin and redemption
I got one down cold and the other I’m fightin’
Fightin’ ’til the day that I die
Well I got a call from my mama last week
My daddy, he had died
She wanted me to tell her why every time she wanted me to visit
I’d make up a lie
Well I ain’t got the heart to tell her I never fell on my own once
That broken heart, it don’t need another punch
Well Julie called me up when it was all said and done last night
She said mama wanted her to tell me she knew it wasn’t right
Me and my sister, we went different ways
But little sister did I try
You left home and started a brand new life
All them things they taught us as kids
They’re all just big old lies
Sin and redemption
Got one down cold and the other I’m fightin’
Fightin’ ’til the day that I die
Yeah I got one down cold and the other I’m fightin’
Fightin’ ’til the day that I die
Fightin’ ’til the day that I die
I’m a-fightin’ ’til the day that I die
credits
from Sin & Redemption (album),
released October 18, 2019
David Newbould: lead & backing vocals, acoustic guitars
Brad Pemberton: drums & percussion
Tres Sasser: bass, backing vocals, acoustic guitar
Chris Tench: electric/acoustic guitars
Micah Hulscher: piano
Dan Baird: electric guitar
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