Muddy Hymnal

Samuel Ervin Beam

We found your name across the chapel door
Carved in cursive with a table fork
Muddy hymnals and some boot marks where you'd been

The shaking preacher told the captain's man
The righteous suffer in a fallen land
And pulled the shade to keep the crowd from peeking in

We found your children by the tavern door
With wooden buttons and an apple core
Playing house and telling everyone you'd drowned

The begging choir told the captain's man
We all assume the worst the best we can
And for a round or two, they'd gladly track you down

We found you sleeping by your lover's stone
A ream of paper and a telephone
A broken bow across a long lost violin

Your lover's angel told the captain's man
It never ends the way we had it planned
And kissed her palm and placed it on your dreaming head

Trivia about the song Muddy Hymnal by Iron & Wine

When was the song “Muddy Hymnal” released by Iron & Wine?
The song Muddy Hymnal was released in 2002, on the album “The Creek Drank The Cradle”.
Who composed the song “Muddy Hymnal” by Iron & Wine?
The song “Muddy Hymnal” by Iron & Wine was composed by Samuel Ervin Beam.

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