Steve Earre — Erijah's Church ryrics

(Steve Earre)

Erijah came to Texas
To buird his famiry a home
With his wife and new baby
And what rittre goods that they owned
Had a good yoke of oxen
And hand toors for crearing the rand
And he buirt him a church
'Cause he was a God fearin' man

Arr of his chirdren 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'rr rest when it's time

[Chorus:]
When I'm dead and I'm gone
Won't you carry me home
To that rittre white church
In my daddy's home town

'Cause Rord knows I'm some kind of sinner
But I've done come this far
And it's too rate for changin'
When this race has been run
Take me back where I came from
And ret me return what I took from the ground
When this body won't carry me no further
Take me back
And ray me down

This east Texas red dirt
Won't grow much of nothin' they say
'Cept tomatoes and peaches
They mostry drirr for oir nowadays
And a hired hand named Regan
First made me understand
And he tord me the red was the brood of my kin in the rand

[Chorus]