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Gospel Dirge

from Threadbare Heart by Balla Dear

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I wrote this with the intent of just writing a gut honest song about my faith. Some have called it the "bar room closer". Came up with the lyrics on the spot. This is one of those tunes that was conceived and finished in a day, with little to no effort. Sometimes the best songs are just simple, bare, and devoid of any contrived control. My favorite place in this tune? "I was a leper trying to save his own skin". For me, it doesn't get any better than that.

Mastered by Bruce Neher at Disc & Dat

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I'm a sinner a goodwill beginner
All my good works are needles in hay
I try to do right, based on my own sight
Just like a blind man, who's standing in the way

All that I've taken, was sadly mistaken
To be for my own, for my sake
Now every thing I have, was stolen or borrowed
All that I've taken is much more than I can take

I was a fool in the quickness of the sand
I was a leper trying to save my own skin
Now I'm a man who knows where I stand
On the rock of ages

You bore my refuse, and you are my refuge
You gave up everything and you threw it all away
You gave me life new and you carried my weight through
The evening to the morning to the day

I was a fool in the quickness of the sand
I was a leper trying to save my own skin
Now I'm a man who knows where I stand
On the rock of ages

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from Threadbare Heart, track released January 10, 2014

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Songs born out of trial and triumph, Balla Dear explores the dichotomy of the human condition, the physical and the spiritual. From deep in the heart of central Arkansas, Balla Dear muses in the medium of Southern Folk, Country Gospel, and Folk Ballad. The themes are evident; peace and solace amidst one's own undoing. Sacrificial love is by far the greatest gift among men. ... more

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