There’s no pictures on the wall at the county’s ward in this hospital bed where I’m laying.
And the chaplains, they don’t bother to come here no more.
Lord knows it’s too late for praying when you’re here.
You might have a day, son
You might have a year.
It’s too late for praying when you’re here.
There’s no back door to the county’s ward
To slip through when Death, he comes calling.
There’s just one corridor that leads to this floor.
One fatal trip sends you falling down.
No angels will catch you as you seep through the ground.
One fatal trip sends you down.
No pills are took,
And no doctors take looks,
At the chart on the hook,
Hanging from your bed’s foot.
There’s no windows on the wall of the county’s ward
It’s whitewash from floor to the ceiling.
And no shadows are cast, and there’s always a draft.
In these halls you won’t find no healing when you’re here.
Your days slip away faster than a dog’s years.
It’s too late for praying when you’re here.
Yeah, it’s too late for praying when you’re lying here.
credits
from Hymns for the Hardened Heart,
released October 7, 2018
Brent Loveday… vocals and guitar
Andy Bercaw… bass guitar
Mark William Raynes… drums and percussion
Jeremy Lawton… pedal steel guitar, piano
Johnny “Reno” Smith… backing vocals, tambourine
Jason Labella… backing vocals
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