Name: Child of the War
Duration: P00H03M21S
Description: Daddy just lived in his head

Child of the War

from Lost Behind the Ranges by Jason Tyler Burton

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Daddy just lived in his head

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I was a child of the war I still don’t know what it is for. Daddy left home when I was still young to fight for a flag that he loved. Forsaking his own flesh and blood. I was a fortunate son, oh but the damage was done. Daddy came home but he was never the same and momma just wanted someone to blame. Me, I just tried to stay sane. Oh but the lights they don’t shine for me anymore. I was a child of the cross. Because momma says everyone is lost and come short of the glory so we learned to pray. And daddy just lived in his head. We are all just a little bit better than dead. Oh the lights, they don’t shine for me anymore. I was a child of the war.

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from Lost Behind the Ranges, released April 21, 2017
Aaron Davis - Slide Geetar

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Jason Tyler Burton Wyoming

Jason Tyler Burton is a recluse from Kentucky who now makes his home in the least populated county in the least populated state. There in Wyoming, at the foot of the Wind River Mountains, he writes songs that wrestle with the struggles of rural peoples. His stories often tell a novel's worth of story in the format of a song, for which he draws comparisons to Jason Isbell and John Prine. ... more

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