A Gold Cross on a Rope Chain-Josiah and the Bonnevilles

[ti:A Gold Cross on a Rope Chain] [ar:Josiah and the Bonnevilles] [al:Endurance] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.16]A Gold Cross on a Rope Chain - Josiah and the Bonnevilles [00:01.76]Lyrics by：Josiah Leming [00:08.38]In West Jefferson she grew up dirt poor [00:13.15]And in a mountain revival she turned to the Lord [00:18.93]She learned that He loved with no conditions [00:24.06]A love that she gave to her daughters and sons [00:30.75]She wore a gold cross on a rope chain [00:39.48]Said a little prayer in the Father's name [00:47.15]Watched over her whole flock [00:51.66]Called them all by their full names [00:55.94]Never stopped holding on to her only claim to fame [01:04.20]She wore a gold cross on a rope chain [01:17.54]Now out here in Nashville I'm drinking again [01:23.05]And everyone knows it I can't keep it hid [01:28.34]And when in my failure I cut the last thread [01:33.45]I reach for that cross on that chain by the bed [01:40.02]She wore a gold cross on a rope chain [01:49.02]Said a little prayer in the Father's name [01:57.21]And I just drove off [02:01.31]I was seventeen and a day [02:05.48]Left her holding on to her only claim to fame [02:13.81]She wore a gold cross on a rope chain [02:25.42]When that old cancer had took the bloodstream [02:29.71]She called me up just to ask if I'd sing [02:33.99]And then she knelt down and gave everything [02:41.31]To God the Father and Jesus the King [02:47.56]She wore a gold cross on a rope chain [02:56.36]Said a little prayer in the Father's name [03:03.84]Watched over her whole flock [03:08.47]Called them all by their full names [03:12.68]Never stopped holding on to her only claim to fame [03:21.14]She wore a gold cross on a rope chain