TFT: Miranda Lambert

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Not every song that will be featured here will be what is generally considered as being “Christian” in the eyes of this world.  For some will be anguished cries from the pit of despair, and others will be quite obviously fervent rants of rebellion.  Nonetheless, be assured that they will all be of our Heavenly Father (in one way or another) and I hope that you have been given ears to hear the message.

Kerosene

Miranda Lambert

I'm waitin' on the sun to set

‘Cause yesterday ain’t over yet

 I started smokin’ cigarettes

There's nothing else to do I guess

 Dusty roads ain’t made for walkin’

Spinnin’ tires ain’t made for stoppin'

 I'm givin’ up on love

‘Cause love's given up on me

I gave it everything I had

And everything I got was bad

 Life ain’t hard but it's too long

To live it like some country song

 Trade the truth in for a lie

Cheatin’ really ain’t a crime

 I'm givin’ up on love

‘Cause love's given up on me

Forget your high society

I'm soakin' it in kerosene

 Light 'em up and watch them burn

Teach ‘em what they need to learn

 Ha

 Dirty hands ain’t made for shakin'

Ain’t a rule that ain’t worth breakin'

 Well I'm givin’ up on love

‘Cause love's given up on me

Now I don't hate

The one who left

 You can't hate

Someone who's dead

 He's out there holdin’ on to someone

I'm holdin’ up my smokin’ gun

 I'll find somewhere to lay my blame

The day she changes her last name

 Well I'm givin’ up on love

‘Cause love's given up on me

 Well I'm givin’ up on love

Hey love's given up on me

The House That Built Me

Miranda Lambert

I know they say you can’t go home again

I just had to come back one last time

Ma'am I know you don't know me from Adam

But these handprints on the front steps are mine

And up those stairs

In that little back bedroom

Is where I did my homework

And I learned to play guitar

And I bet you didn't know

Under that live oak

My favorite dog is buried in the yard

I thought if I could touch this place or feel it

This brokenness inside me might start healin’

Out here it’s like I'm someone else

I thought that maybe I could find myself

if I could just come in I swear I'll leave

Won't take nothin’ but a memory

From the house that built me

Mama cut out pictures of houses for years

From Better Homes and Garden magazines

Plans were drawn, concrete poured

And nail by nail

And board by board

Daddy gave life to mama's dream

I thought if I could touch this place or feel it

This brokenness inside me might start healin’

Out here it’s like I'm someone else

I thought that maybe I could find myself

if I could just come in I swear I'll leave

Won't take nothin’ but a memory

From the house that built me

You leave home

You move on

And you do the best you can

I got lost in this old world

And forgot who I am

I thought if I could touch this place or feel it

This brokenness inside me might start healin’

Out here it’s like I'm someone else

I thought that maybe I could find myself

if I could just walk around I swear I'll leave

Won't take nothin’ but a memory

From the house that built me

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