A Needle & The Christ & A Soul Gone God Knows Where

from Sons & Lovers by Lawrence County

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Jimmy came here from another town, he came with his mother and they had no place to go
She said you look just like your father did and it turns out she’s the only one who’d know
She lived here almost all her life, never left her daddy and she watched him growing old,
She said you look just like your father did, well hell only knows. At least that’s what she’s told

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They met outside the factory wall, drank liquor and smoked cigarettes late fall
They looked into each other’s’ eyes, dreamin’ that they would have it all

Their first born she was full of life, the second, well he was born with none
They never did try a third time ‘cos she woke up one cold morning, he was gone
Yeah he took off back to Eastwood, went stealing cars and sleeping on cold floors
He took every pound that they had saved, and he spent them all on whiskey and cheap whores

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Her daughter left her all alone, she walked on out at just twelve years old
The bar found cocaine in her bag, the only way that she could stop the cold
She was last seen three weeks ago though no one in this town would ever care
Found by a Puerto Rican cleaning girl, with a needle and a The Christ and a soul gone God knows where

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from Sons & Lovers, released December 11, 2015
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Lawrence County Nottingham, UK

LAWRENCE COUNTY hail from the green rolling hills and meadows that DH Lawrence once trod ... the Bagthorpe Delta, Notts UK.

There's fiddles, banjos, raggedy choruses & accordions.

Expect a sepia tinted unlikely blend of attitude, Americana, Alt-Country & folk.

Their songs are brought alive with raggedy sing along choruses, that will stay with you, like good friends. ... more

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