Redemption In Their Eyes

Grimy delta blues with detuned slide guitar and stomping porch percussion, Male vocals, worn and raspy, sit right on the edge of breaking, Verse stays low and smoky; chorus opens with gang-style hums, claps, and a rattling tambourine, Occasional harmonica wails answer the vocal lines, with a roomy, live-tape mix that feels like a one-take confession, male vocals, delta blues

[Verse 1] Used to chase that bottle ’Til the bottle chased me down Lost my name in the alleys Lost my bed Lost this town Then a small hand grabbed my finger Like it owned my crooked life Tiny voice said “Daddy” Cut me open like a knife [Chorus] I found redemption in my children In their laughter In their cries All my demons started drowning When I saw my soul In their eyes Yeah I found redemption in my children Every scar got itemized I ain’t a saint I ain’t forgiven But I’m walking home In their eyes [Verse 2] Midnight on the kitchen floor Crayons Milk cups Unpaid bills They asleep on my shoulders World outside still wants its fill Got my hands deep in the dishwater Got my sins deep in my bones But those drawings on the fridge door Feel like bricks in a brand new home [Chorus] [Bridge] [low vocal register] I was a ghost in a borrowed coat A name on a torn-up check Now I’m a man with a bedtime story And little arms around my neck [slight growl] If grace had a doorway It’s painted in finger paint lines Two stick figures and a crooked sun And both of ’em Call me mine [Chorus]

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