Devil's Backbone

Album: The Civil Wars (2013)
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  • Oh Lord, Oh Lord, what have I done?
    I've fallen in love with a man on the run
    Oh Lord, Oh Lord, I'm begging you please
    Don't take that sinner from me
    Oh don't take that sinner from me

    Oh Lord, Oh Lord, what do I do?
    I've fallen for someone who's nothing like you
    He's raised on the edge of the devil's backbone
    Oh I just wanna take him home
    Oh I just wanna take him home
    Ooooooooooo
    Ooooooooooo

    Oh Lord, Oh Lord, he's somewhere between
    A hangman's knot, and three mouths to feed
    There wasn't a wrong or a right he could choose
    He did what he had to do
    Oh he did what he had to do
    Ooooooooooo
    Ooooooooooo

    Give me the burden, give me the blame
    I'll shoulder the load, and I'll swallow the shame
    Give me the burden, give me the blame
    How many, how many Hail Marys is it gonna take?

    Don't care if he's guilty, don't care if he's not
    He's good and he's bad and he's all that I've got
    Oh Lord, Oh Lord, I'm begging you please
    Don't take that sinner from me
    Oh don't take that sinner from me Writer/s: CHARLIE PEACOCK, JOHN WHITE, JOY WILLIAMS
    Publisher: BMG Rights Management, Spirit Music Group, TWENTY TEN MUSIC
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