The Once and Future Carpenter Lyrics

2024 Broadway
Swept Away the Musical - The Once and Future Carpenter Lyrics

The song is written by The Avett Brothers.

I ain't from Texas, but I made my way from Dallas
And I know the lonesome sound is following
I ain't a gambler, but I can recognize a hand
And when to hold,
When the queens are staring back at me

Once I was a carpenter,
Man my hands were calloused
I could swing a metal mallet sure and straight
But I took to the highway,
A poet young and hungry
And I left the timbers rotting where they lay

Forever I will move like the world
That turns beneath me
And when I lose my direction
I'll look up to the sky
And when the black cloak drags upon the ground
I'll be ready to surrender, and remember
Well we're all in this together
If I live the life I'm given,
I won't be scared to die

I don't come from Detroit,
But her diesel motors pull me
And I followed till I finally lost my way
And now I spend my days in search
Of a woman we called purpose
And if I ever pass back through her town I'll stay

Forever I will move like the world that turns beneath me
And when I lose my direction I'll look up to the sky
And when the black dress drags upon the ground
I'll be ready to surrender, and remember
We're all in this together
If I live the life I'm given, I won't be scared to die

And my life is but a coin,
Pulled from an empty pocket
Dropped into a slot with dreams
Of sevens close behind
Hope and fear go with it,
And moon and the sun go spinning
Like the numbers and fruits before my eyes

Sometimes I hit, sometimes it robs me blind
Sometimes I hit, sometimes it robs me blind

Forever I will move like the world that turns beneath me
And when I lose my direction I'll look up to the sky
And when the black cloak drags upon the ground
I'll be ready to surrender, and remember
Well we're all in this together
If I live the life I'm given,
I won't be scared to die

Swept Away the Musical Lyrics

SYNOPSIS
Go to Sleep
Hard Worker
Nothin' Short of Thankful
Swept Away
May It Last
Murder in the City
A Gift for Melody Anne
Through My Prayers
Satan Pulls the Strings
No Hard Feelings
The Once and Future Carpenter