Jeff Black - Ravanna lyrics

rate me

I was born down by the missouri river

Where the copperheads and the catfish play

Just up the hill there out in jackson county

They brought me home in a chevrolet

I always wanted to be just like my daddy

He wrapped me up there in the traveler's joy

I spend a great deal of my life out on the highway

And there's several devils there that I must employ

I'm a long way from Ravanna

Where as a child I used to roam

Along the line there where the wild blackberry grow

I'm not sad to think about it

Those old memories just make me strong

And they shine a mighty light wherever I go

My mama raised me on a switch and some cornbread

A kiss on my face when I lay down to dream

She taught me how to hear the world while it's turning

It's been too long since I heard her sing

Lord knows I try to keep my spirits in the velvet but it's tough

I will take what I inherit friend and that should be enough

That should be enough

Now I don't believe that I was born a sinner

But I've been working hard to catch up there just the same

Lord lord lord good god almighty I am only human

Isn't that a burden and ain't that a shame?