Thanksgiving (Album Version)-Mary Gauthier

[ti:] [ar:Mary Gauthier] [al:Between Daylight And Dark] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.90]Thanksgiving (Album Version) - Mary Gauthier [00:01.66]Written by：Mary Gauthier [00:02.00] [00:06.36]We stood in a long line waiting for the doors to be unlocked [00:14.67] [00:20.37]Out in the cold wind round the razor wire fenced in cellblock [00:28.90] [00:34.72]Young mamas with babies sisters and other kinds of kin [00:42.89] [00:48.38]At Tallulah State Prison on Thanksgiving Day were waiting to get in [00:56.00] [01:01.33]You gotta get here early it don't matter how many miles you drove [01:10.51] [01:15.18]They make you wait for hours jailers always move slow [01:24.49] [01:29.62]They run names check numbers [01:33.29] [01:34.31]Gravel faced guards they don't smile [01:38.67] [01:44.66]Grammy and me in line silently waiting single file [01:51.70] [01:57.24]Thanksgiving at the prison surrounded by families [02:06.27] [02:12.43]Road weary pilgrims who show up faithfully [02:20.12] [02:24.90]Sometimes love ain't easy sometimes love ain't free [02:34.00] [02:51.54]My grammy looks so old now [02:55.06] [02:56.06]Her hair is soft and white like the snow [03:00.33] [03:05.59]And her hands tremble [03:08.80] [03:09.56]When they frisk her from her head to her toes [03:14.92] [03:19.92]They make her take her winter coat off then they frisk her again [03:30.79] [03:32.73]When they're done she wipes their touch off her dress [03:38.16]Stands tall and heads in [03:41.41] [03:46.38]Thanksgiving at the prison surrounded by families [03:55.42] [04:01.22]Road weary pilgrims who show up faithfully [04:08.91] [04:13.64]Even though it ain't easy even though it ain't free [04:22.42] [04:26.79]Sometimes love ain't easy I guess love ain't free [04:35.41]