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Written by Matt Duke/Matt Duke Music Publishing (BMI)

Walk the road past the fence, dear brother
Swing the rope back and forth across this creek
Pound the nail, rapping hard on the casket,
Where innocence is doomed to be

Down the township line past the turnpike
Spark a blaze ‐ lost myself in an oxy haze
I’m abetting a man inside I’ll be regretting
If I wake up

Tripping on the roots on this town
Someone must be weeding us out
The rain pours down and I’m watching it fall
God save us all; rest our souls.

Hope so high float away past the treetops
Leaving kids with potential to waste
I’m losing faith with the chemo, the car crash,
The weary armed with razorblades

Neighbors and loved ones are starting to break
With homes coming down under all of this weight
And all we can do is just stand here and play each hand we’re dealt
Forget the pain we felt and we’ll bury the dead
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