Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
The Secret Sisters
Performer
Laura Rogers
Vocals
Lydia Rogers
Vocals
Brandi Carlile
Guitar
Phil Hanseroth
Bass
Tim Hanseroth
Guitar
Josh Neumann
Cello
Mark Pickerel
Drums
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Laura Rogers
Songwriter
Lydia Rogers
Songwriter
Brandi Carlile
Songwriter
Phil Hanseroth
Songwriter
Tim Hanseroth
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Jerry Streeter
Engineer
Lyrics
All my life, I ain't ever been a lucky man
Saw the back of my daddy's hand
Lost your mama to the promised land
In my time, I ain't ever had a thing that's mine
'Til they handed me a baby fine
My little girl
There are only two things I know
I get ugly when the whiskey flows
Wanted you to know I love you so
And I would kill before I let you go
Taking off for Mississippi
Wearing someone else's name
Brought you in this world and I
Can take you from it just the same
If you leave for Mississippi
I will beat you at your game
Brought you in this world and I
Can take you from it just the same
My dear one
Heard you whispering your plans to run
Off to marry some rich man's son
Bet he's never met a poor man's gun
In the darkness you could not see
The drunken devil instructing me
Two bullets in a crimson sea
Now I'm certain that you'll never be
Taking off for Mississippi
Wearing someone else's name
Brought you in this world and I
Can take you from it just the same
If you leave for Mississippi
I will beat you at your game
Brought you in this world and I
Can take you from it just the same
Grief and sin, when the righteousness of you sets in
And the blood in my veins begins to ramble on
Now I know we can stand and judge the execution man
But we all have to make a trembling stand before the sun
Maple tree, can your branches carry me?
Before the war, before the wine
Before I stole what wasn't mine
Can you bring my baby back to me?
Writer(s): Christopher Michael Whitehall, Daniel Duque-perez
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