Song information On this page you can read the lyrics of the song Birmingham , by - Shovels & Rope. Release date: 30.07.2012
Song language: English
Birmingham |
| Delta Mama and a Nickajack Man |
| Raised their Cumberland daughter in a Tennessee band |
| Played Springwater at Station Inn |
| Couldn’t play fast, couldn’t fit in |
| Caught a '66 Dodge in Caroline |
| Got her education on her mama’s dime |
| She was singing in a bar called Comatose |
| Halfway rusted on the salty coast |
| Rock of Ages, cleave for me |
| Let me hide myself in Thee |
| Buried in the sand |
| Five hundred miles from Birmingham |
| Rockamount Cowboy in a rock and roll band |
| Plugged his amplifier in all across the land |
| Athens, Georgia on a Friday night |
| Saw that little girl, she could sing alright |
| Spent five years going from town to town |
| Waiting on that little girl to come around |
| Caught in the arms of New York City |
| To lose that gal seemed a terrible pity |
| Rock of Ages, cleave for me |
| Let my heart forget a beat |
| Why do you demand |
| Calling me from Birmingham |
| Pulled her covered wagon off the BQE |
| Said «This'll be the last you’ll ever see of me.» |
| Well the cowboy laughed said «I know it’s not true |
| Cause there’s nothing I could do to get loose from you.» |
| Made a little money playing in the bars |
| With two beat up drums and two old guitars |
| From the Crescent City to the Great Salt Lake |
| It ain’t what you got, it’s what you make |
| When the road got rough and the wheels all broke |
| Couldn’t take more then we could tow |
| Making something out of nothing with a scratcher and our hope |
| With two old guitars like a shovel and a rope |
| Rock of Ages, cleave for me |
| Let me hide myself in Thee |
| Now I understand |
| On better terms since Birmingham |