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Red Clay Halo

Source Recording: Gillian Welch (2001)

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Song Details

Songwriter

Gillian Welch

First Release

Caitlin Hanford (1998)

Popularity

Common

Source Recording

Artist

Gillian Welch

Album

Time (The Revelator) (2001)

Key G Time Boom-Chuck Tempo 104 BPM Length 3:14 ISRC US2AR0110304

Musicians

Gillian Welch — Lead Vocals
Dave Rawlings — Backup Vocals, Guitar

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Red Clay Halo

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Oh the girls all dance with the boys from the city

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And they don’t care to dance with me

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Now it ain’t my fault that the fields are muddy

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And the red clay stains my feet

And it’s under my nails and it’s under my collar

And it shows on my Sunday clothes

Though I do my best with soap and water

But the damned old dirt won’t go

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But when I pass through the pearly gates

5 1

Will my gown be gold instead

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Or just a red clay robe with red clay wings

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And a red clay halo for my head

Now it’s mud in the spring and it’s dust in the summer

When it blows in crimson tide

Unitil the trees and leaves and the cows are the color

Of the dirt on the mountainside

Now Jordan’s banks they’re red and muddy

And the rolling water is wide

But I got no boat so I’ll be good and muddy

When I get to the other side

I’ll take the red clay robe with the red clay wings

And a red clay halo for my head

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