The Man-The Ship

[ti:The Man] [ar:The Ship] [al:The Ship: A Contemporary Folk Music Journey] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Man - The Ship [00:08.03]I knew a man from Tennessee [00:11.46] [00:12.39]He had a wife with a child to be [00:18.75]He worked the land from dawn till dusk [00:23.09]And ate his bread of bitter crust [00:29.53]And the days would come [00:30.62] [00:31.53]And the days would go [00:32.66] [00:33.64]And the nights could fall [00:35.97]He'd never know [00:37.00] [00:37.84]On Sunday morn he went to pray [00:41.38] [00:42.33]To try and wash his sins away [00:46.17] [00:48.70]The preacher wailed and he paid his dues [00:52.01] [00:52.97]With wine he'd wash away his blues [00:59.54]And the days would come [01:00.46] [01:01.49]And the days would go [01:02.50] [01:03.58]And the nights could fall [01:05.84]He'd never know [01:06.90] [01:07.78]He was not rich but he held no debt [01:11.57] [01:12.20]And nothing passed that he could regret [01:16.16] [01:18.58]He lived his life for one more rain [01:21.84] [01:22.84]And one more sun to shine again [01:28.55] [01:29.35]And the days would come [01:30.58] [01:31.40]And the days would go [01:32.41] [01:33.52]And the nights could fall [01:35.91]He'd never know [01:36.97] [01:37.84]And the days would come [01:38.86] [01:39.88]And the days would go [01:40.97] [01:42.14]And the nights could fall [01:44.36]He'd never know [01:45.41] [02:07.88]And the days would come [02:08.91] [02:09.87]And the days would go [02:10.91] [02:11.93]And the nights could fall [02:14.30]He'd never know [02:15.25] [02:16.30]What can be said about a man [02:20.62]Who lives his life as best he can [02:26.98]That he had a heart that he had a soul [02:31.21]Does he know the days won't always roll [02:37.79]And the days would come [02:38.78] [02:39.76]And the days would go [02:40.75] [02:41.85]And the nights could fall [02:44.19]He'd never know [02:45.14] [02:46.25]And the days would come [02:47.23] [02:48.26]And the days would go [02:49.32] [02:50.47]And the nights could fall [02:52.68]He'd never know [02:53.84] [02:54.87]And the days would come [02:55.79] [02:56.85]And the days would go [02:57.88] [02:59.00]And the nights could fall [03:01.23]He'd never know