Red Clay Halo Lyrics - Time - Gillian Welch

All the girls all dance with the boys from the city 

And they don't care to dance with me 

Now it ain't my fault that the fields are muddy 

And the red clay stains my feet 

And it's under my nails and it's under my collar 

And it shows on my Sunday clothes 

Though I do my best with the soap and the water 

But the damned old dirt won't go 

But when I pass through the pearly gate 

Will my gown be gold instead? 

Or just a red clay robe with red clay wings 

And a red clay halo for my head? 

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Now it's mud in the spring and it's dust in the summer 

When it blows in a crimson tide 

Until trees and leaves and the cows are the color 

Of the dirt on the mountainside 

But when I pass through the pearly gate 

Will my gown be gold instead? 

Or just a red clay robe with red clay wings 

And a red clay halo for my head? 

Now Jordan's banks they're red and muddy 

And the rolling water is wide 

But I got no boat, so I'll be good and muddy 

When I get to the other side 

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And when I pass through the pearly gate 

Will my gown be gold instead? 

Or just a red clay robe with red clay wings 

And a red clay halo for my head? 

I'll take the red clay robe with the red clay wings 

And a red clay halo for my head