Elijah's Church Lyrics - Steve Earle

Elijah came to Texas 

To build his family a home 

With his wife and new baby 

And what little goods that they owned 

Had a good yoke of oxen 

And hand tools for clearing the land 

And he built him a church 

'Cause he was a God fearin' man 

All of his children when there 

Worshiped here through the years 

On down to my granddad 

He's buried 'bout 40 yards from here 

It's where I was baptized 

And where I took me a wife 

And if I have my say so 

That's where I'll rest when it's time 

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[Chorus:] 

When I'm dead and I'm gone 

Won't you carry me home 

To that little white church 

In my daddy's home town 

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'Cause Lord knows I'm some kind of sinner 

But I've done come this far 

And it's too late for changin' 

When this race has been run 

Take me back where I came from 

And let me return what I took from the ground 

When this body won't carry me no further 

Take me back 

And lay me down 

This east Texas red dirt 

Won't grow much of nothin' they say 

'Cept tomatoes and peaches 

They mostly drill for oil nowadays 

And a hired hand named Regan 

First made me understand 

And he told me the red was the blood of my kin in the land 

[Chorus:]