Lyrics The Civil Wars

The Civil Wars

My Father's Father

I hear something hanging on the wind

I see black smoke up around the bend

I got my ticket

I'm going to go home

The leaves have changed a time or two

Since the last time the train came through

I got my ticket and I'm going to go home

My father's father's blood is on the track

A sweet refrain drifts in from the past

I got my ticket and I'm going to go home

The winding roads that led me here

Burn like coal and dry like tears

So here's my hope

My tired soul

So here's my ticket

I want to go home

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