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Banded Clovis Lyrics by Tyler Childers

Purgatory

2017

[Verse 1]
Tina Nolan had a man with a good place for siftin’
He invited me diggin’, so I picked up my screen
And a shovel to dig and a jar of shine
He traded me fair for a bottle of wine
His brother’s Barnes Mountain wine

[Verse 2]
We trudged through the snow straight up the hillside
Took a ridge for a while, then we slowly went down
To an overhang hid from the ridgeline
We bent o'er our handles and we bit in the ground
The dark and bloody ground

[Verse 3]
Was a bitch to break ground but the wine kept us goin'
The moonshine was flowin' and keepin' us warm
'Cause you can’t hold a girl with a fistful of shovel
Got to find your fire in the company of corn

[Verse 4]
We dug for a while then it all turned to ashes
Found a bunch of broke flint and a few bits of bone
Then I heard Jesse yell o'er the pile he was siftin’
Shook the hills like the angels were callin’ us home
Jesse, Zachary come home

[Verse 5]
It was banded as hell, it was fluted and clovis
It was hot as the pistol I kept on my side
I was fiendin’ so fierce, I was broke ass and busted
I pulled out my pistol and I took Jesse’s life

[Verse 6]
A clovis like that is a hard point to find
Makes pills swift to come by with a good chunk of change
Left over for burn on whatever meanness
Whatever woman is comin' my way
Darlin' come my way

[Verse 7]
I sit in this cell for the banded clovis
I stole off of Nolan when I killed'm that day
I reckon the chase of the pills and the powder
Corn liquor and women are the culprits to blame
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Tyler Childers

Tyler Childers

About “Banded Clovis” by Tyler Childers

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"Banded Clovis" is credited to Tyler Childers. Songwriting credits may include additional writers listed on the release; check the credits section on this page for linked collaborators.

"Banded Clovis" appears on "Purgatory" in 2017.

Visit the Tyler Childers artist page at /artist/tyler-childers for biography, popular tracks, and links to more lyric pages.

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