Calvary Blues

Raw delta blues groove with bottleneck slide guitar and thudding floor-stomp kick, Female vocals: husky, close-mic’d, rising from a confessional hush to a full-throated wail on the hook, Sparse bass and a moaning harmonica shadow the melody between lines, Choruses hit harder with call-and-response backing hums and a brief overdriven guitar fill on the turnarounds, delta blues, female vocals

[Verse 1] Dust on my Bible Whiskey on my breath Cards on the table Flirting with death I walked that red clay Tracks I can’t erase Ash in my fingers Guilt on my face [Chorus] The wages of my sin Bled out on that cross at Calvary Nails in His hands Should’ve been my hands bleedin’ out for me I was lost in the dark But the blood ran down and covered me Oh The wages of my sin Bled out on that cross at Calvary [Verse 2] Mama said “child Storms don’t last” I ran with thunder Outpaced my past I broke good hearts Like cheap guitar strings Still that mercy river Found this foolish thing [Chorus] [Bridge] [low vocal register] I hear that hammer In every midnight train I feel that crimson Washin’ all my shame [building vocal harmony] So I lay my burden At those wounded feet Where justice met my judgment And grace cut me deep [Chorus]

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