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Work Song

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Singer/Songwriter

Work Song was released on September 19, 2014 by Columbia as a part of the album Hozier

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OVERVIEW

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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

Alex Ryan

Bass Guitar

André Antunes

Percussion

Hozier

Vocals

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Hozier

Songwriter

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

Hozier

Producer

Rob Kirwan

Producer

Andrew Scheps

Mixing Engineer

Stephen Marcussen

Stephen Marcussen

Mastering Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]

Boys, workin' on empty

Is that the kinda way to face the burning heat?

I just think about my baby

I'm so full of love I could barely eat

There's nothing sweeter than my baby

I'd never want once from the cherry tree

'Cause my baby's sweet as can be

She'd give me toothaches just from kissin' me

[Chorus]

When my time comes around

Lay me gently in the cold, dark earth

No grave can hold my body down

I'll crawl home to her

[Verse 2]

Boys, when my baby found me

I was three days on a drunken sin

I woke with her walls around me

Nothing in her room but an empty crib

And I was burning up a fever

I didn't care much how long I lived

But I swear I thought I dreamed her

She never asked me once about the wrong I did

[Chorus]

When my time comes around

Lay me gently in the cold, dark earth

No grave can hold my body down

I'll crawl home to her

When my time comes around

Lay me gently in the cold, dark earth

No grave can hold my body down

I'll crawl home to her

[Verse 3]

My babe would never fret none

About what my hands and my body done

If the Lord don't forgive me

I'd still have my baby and my babe would have me

When I was kissing on my baby

And she put her love down soft and sweet

In the low lamp light I was free

Heaven and Hell were words to me

[Chorus]

When my time comes around

Lay me gently in the cold, dark earth

No grave can hold my body down

I'll crawl home to her

When my time comes around

Lay me gently in the cold, dark earth

No grave can hold my body down

I'll crawl home to her

Written by: Hozier

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