Ever South-Drive-By Truckers

[ti:Ever South] [ar:Drive-By Truckers] [al:American Band] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.08]Ever South (一直向南) - Drive-By Truckers [00:01.19] [00:11.02]We packed our few belonings [00:13.14]And we moved across the ocean [00:15.97]To start a newer life [00:18.23]In this land so bold and vast [00:20.72] [00:21.44]Dispersed from ellis island [00:23.88]My distant irish kin [00:25.88] [00:26.60]Eyes cut to the future [00:28.57] [00:29.21]Hearts tied to the past [00:31.11] [00:37.45]We held tight to our loved ones [00:39.55]And we held onto the promise [00:41.99] [00:42.55]And scraped our meager living [00:44.83]Hand to mouth [00:45.87] [00:47.96]We prayed to what would have us [00:50.13]Every doubting john thomas [00:52.42] [00:52.98]Spread through appalachia [00:55.59]Ever south [00:56.40] [00:58.55]Spread through appalachia [01:00.81]Ever south [01:01.61] [01:03.44]And I hear we weren't welcomed here [01:06.46]At least not in those days [01:08.28] [01:08.95]No one needs our drunken fighting thieving kind [01:12.98] [01:14.04]But we settled in this new place [01:16.76]And we worked it in our ways [01:18.77] [01:19.31]And we spread our kin upon it in due time [01:22.89] [01:25.08]Spread our kin upon it in due time [01:28.06] [01:29.93]And we fought our losing battles [01:32.45]And we held onto our ways [01:35.15]And we talk of how we left behind our better days [01:39.27] [01:40.36]Some were living lives of leisure [01:42.99]Some surviving hand to mouth [01:45.67]Bash our heads against the future [01:48.34]Ever south [01:49.12] [01:50.92]Bash our heads against the future [01:53.77]Ever south [01:54.50] [02:07.16]When I set my sights upon you [02:09.93]We were both still in our prime [02:11.90] [02:12.48]We were moving in big circles [02:15.01]That I sought out to combine [02:17.12] [02:17.84]And I held you in my arms [02:20.30]And swore eternal love this time [02:23.03]Tried to lasso brighter futures [02:25.71]And let it drag us both behind [02:27.88] [02:29.12]Tried to lasso brighter futures [02:30.90]And let it drag us both behind [02:33.09] [02:39.12]So we aimed our sights westward [02:41.72]Like so many did before [02:44.05] [02:44.56]Expanding our horizons to some distant shore [02:48.77] [02:50.19]Where everyone takes notice of the drawl that leaves our mouth [02:55.09]So no matter where we are we're ever south [02:58.65] [03:00.91]No matter where we are we're ever south [03:03.74] [03:16.62]Now my christian southern brethren will tell you all what for [03:21.73]To keep your heathen ways within you and your shoes outside the door [03:27.13]Take your stand for noble causes til you just can't stand no more [03:32.64]And surrender to some savior praise the lord [03:36.09] [03:38.42]Surrender to some savior praise the lord [03:41.49] [03:48.83]But despite our best intentions it pains me to report [03:53.55] [03:54.11]We keep swinging for the fences coming up a little short [03:58.83] [03:59.75]We sure can get it wrong for someone so devout [04:04.19] [04:04.78]I see you whistling past the graveyard looking down [04:08.27] [04:11.01]Whistling past the graveyard looking down [04:13.73] [04:26.42]Ever southern in my carriage ever southern in my stance [04:31.05] [04:31.69]In the irish of my complexion and the scottish in my dance [04:36.95]In the way I bang my head against my daily circumstance [04:41.88] [04:47.87]Let this blue eyed southern devil take you out upon the crown [04:52.37] [04:53.08]With decadence and charm we'll take it into town [04:58.22]Tell you stories of our fathers and the glories of our house [05:03.01] [05:03.57]Always told a little slower ever south [05:07.07] [05:09.07]Always told a little slower ever south