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For Lisa

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She raised four kids, the ebb and flow she saw
Called them all a kiss from God, and loved their flaws
It was nothing like a draw, two doves and two outlaws
One still at home

Well she sang out loud and drank her coffee strong
Worked pain into her hands and hours long
Married 18 years young, 37 came undone
A love on loan

She took route 1 in the middle of the night
Got a call a stranger said something wasn’t right
Her son was nowhere to be found
Then there were needles on the ground
She helped him home

She said, there aint no hole that aint got its own way out

He was 65 with a cane beside his knee
Save the dog, had not much company
But a couple old guitars
One ancient rusted car
They all had names

He was losing hearing quick form his left side
Still he could recognize more than most combined
He’d say not every voice has sound
Trade it up and traded down
He heard it all

And he heard, there aint no hole that aint got its own way out

The altar stone
The burning stack
Led away
To be led back

You look around
The many tracks
In the passage way

There aint no hole that aint got its own way out

Well today cut Galilee up straight in two
I was swearing up storm bout who I knew
the rain it came down like a wall
I ran past the rooster’s call and heard the door

And someone told me, there aint no hole that aint got its own way out

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from Our Desert Ways, released July 24, 2012

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The Olive Tree

Meet the collaborative songwriting effort of two brothers. Currently based out of New Orleans and Madison, Ben and Scott Cunningham grew up in Memphis, Tennessee. They love alt-country, the key of G, acoustic guitars, fishing, Jesus, and the world he created. For 15 years and running, together they write and record songs about these things, calling this effort The Olive Tree. ... more

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