When Love Was King
THE COMMON LINNETS · The Common Linnets 2014 · Track 11 of 13
Written by Ilse DeLange, Jake Etheridge, JB Meijers, Matthew Crosby, Waylon
When pain didn't reign and love was king We could wash our hands of most anything I inherited my fathers sin I was born and raised in the midst of it Before a preacher spoke those words in vain And holy men would bow their head For I was a I am The older son of Abraham
The day I drowned in fire and storm I found out, what I'd always known I still remember, I still see A heart that trusts and avoids that sadness
When pain didn't rain and love was king My daddy was a gambler, drinking man Showed his love with the back of his hand Never saw him smile, not a flicker of graze I think he buried him with momma in a Tennesse clay
The day I drowned in fire and storm I found out, what I'd always known And I still remember, I still see A heart that trusts and avoids that sadness When pain didn't reign and love was king
The day I drowned in fire and storm I found out, what I'd always known And I still remember, I still see A heart that trusts and avoids that sadness When pain didn't reign and love was king A heart that trusts and avoids that sadness Back when pain didn't reign and love was king