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I think devotion might be one of my favorite words
every bone in my body so bent on allegiance it hurts
and though I'm surrounded by those quick to leave and to curse
I think devotion might be one of my favorite words

teach us to number our days, that wisdom might bring forth good works
I want to sweat and confess until I return to the earth
and I think devotion might be one of my favorite words

I think that desperation is one of my favorite things
I'm talking sweet starvation-sick, rib-showing groveling-
you know when there's nothing left and I crawl to you begging, 'please, please, please!'
I think that desperation is one of my favorite things

you say 'the poor in the spirit, the hungry, theirs is the blessing'
you say 'I'm high and lofty but close to the lowly'
that's why desperation is one of my favorite things

I think that discipline is pure gasoline
when I'm pumping means of grace, honey I'm a well-oiled machine
ya so come hell or high water, well it don't mean a thing
I think that discipline is pure gasoline

ya know the Lord changes not, who was, is, and always shall be
but I can't even stay sane, much less keep some consistency
but that's why discipline is pure gasoline

(Psalm 90; Matthew 5; Isaiah 57)

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from Go Home to Your Friends, released October 6, 2011

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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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