Steve Earle(born January 17, 1955) is a singer-songwriterbest known for his countrymusic and rock 'n roll tinged " alt-country." He is also a published writer, a keen political activist (particularly in protesting against the death penalty in the U.S., as in his song "Ellis Unit One" from the movie Dead Man Walking), and has written and directed a play. Born in Hampton, Virginia, legend has it that a box of Texas dirt, sent by his grandfather, was brought into the delivery room, so that it could be said that the first soil Earle's feet ever touched was Texan. He moved around the U.S. with his parents, before dropping out of school in the 8th grade and heading to Houston, Texas, to explore a career in music. In 1975, he moved to Nashville and worked as a songwriter.
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A Bible And a Gun Lyrics
Steve Earle
There's a full moon out tonight
And it's shining down on me
And in that purest light
The slaves are still not free
So Missouri's bound in sorrow
And her woods are draped with pain
And when the sun comes up tomorrow
I'll be on the move again
Now i hear a whisper soft and low
Through every mile i run
As i travel through this world of woe
With a bible and a gun
If a man was made to suffer
I'm a mighty man i know
And I cannot shake the anger
That keeps me on this road
And they came with bugles soundin'
And righteousness decreed
And they left me with this vengeance
To forever feel
To turn the other cheek
It's the braver thing to do
I wish I had it in me
They wish they had it too
For tomorrow when we meet
This story will end
And an acient, hollow grief
Will be our only friend