Playing new song @open mic The Cinema Bar in LA

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Thaddeus Oakley (Lyrics)
MY NAME IS THADDEUS OAKELY I WAS BORN IN A RIVER TOWN
I WALKED THE PLANKS OF LIFE AND SAW MY SISTER DROWN
AND THAT UGLY WAR BETWEEN THE STATES BROUGHT MY BROTHER DOWN
OH LORD WHAT WILL BECOME OF ME IN THIS RIVER TOWN
EVELINE IS MY ONE TRUE LOVE HER LIGHT DOES SHINE SO BRIGHT
I CARRIED HER ACROSS THE THRESHOLD MADE HER MY WIFE
WE HAD THREE KIDS WE DID SO LOVE THEY GREW UP STRAIGHT AND TALL
I THANK THE LORD EACH EVERY DAY I WAS HERE TO SEE IT ALL
WE WORRIED AND WE SCURRIED HARD TO FIND OUR WAY AND KNOW
THAT PAIN AND JOY ARE TWOFOLD WE’RE IN THIS WORLD TO SHOW
THAT LOVE IS STRONG MUCH STRONGER THAN THE CURRENT OF THE RIVER’S
FLOW
TO BIDE OUR TIME AND SHINE THE LIGHT INTO OUR HEARTS AND KNOW
TO KNOW THE WORLD DON’T OWE ME NOTHIN’
I DONE THE BEST I CAN AND I WALKED THE PLANKS OF LIFE
AND I DID NOT FALL IN
NOW I KNOW THE WORLD DON’T OWE ME NOTHIN’
I DONE THE BEST I CAN AND I WALKED THE PLANKS OF LIFE
AND I DID NOT FALL IN
SITTIN’ BY THE FIRE LIGHT WE COUNT OUR BLESSINS’ SO
HAD OUR OWN SHARE OF PAIN THAT FOLLOWED US DOWN THAT ROAD
AND LOVE IS STRONG MUCH STRONGER THAN THE CURRENT OF THE RIVER’S
FLOW
TO BIDE OUR TIME AND SHINE THE LIGHT INTO OUR HEARTS AND KNOW
TO KNOW THE WORLD DON’T OWE ME NOTHIN’
I DONE THE BEST I CAN I WALKED THE PLANKS OF LIFE
AND I DID NOT FALL IN I KNOW THE WORLD DON’T OWE ME NOTHIN’
I DONE THE BEST I CAN I WALKED THE PLANKS OF LIFE
AND I DID NOT FALL IN
MY NAME IS THADDEUS OAKELY I WAS BORN IN A RIVER TOWN
I WALKED THE PLANKS OF LIFE AND SAW MY SISTER DROWN
AND THAT UGLY WAR BETWEEN THE STATES BROUGHT MY BROTHER DOWN
BUT NOW I’M HERE TO LIVE MY LIFE AND LOVE IN A RIVER TOWN I’M HERE TO LIVE
MY LIFE AND LOVE RIGHT HERE IN A RIVER TOWN MY NAME IS THADDEUS OAKLEY I WAS BORN IN A RIVER TOWN.