Eleventh track from the album Saint of the Open Opera (2010)
lyrics
PAIN & 31
Nathan Brown and Ginnifer Brown, 2008
A girl with a black eye in a Northern logging town
The winds in the fir trees whispering their blacker sound
A lamp in the window and a promise to come back
A hospital fire, nothing to pack
Falling snow hides crows
All of the fright of fathers’ sons
Under the light at Pain and 31
A girl with a secret in a quiet Southern town
The songs of the crickets whispering their secret sound
A book in the closet and a story never told
A volunteer choir, nothing to hold
Crawling home finds stone
All of the might of mothers’ tongues
Under the light at Pain and 31
Twin sisters in sadness ride the broken carriage down
The bells on the horses singing out their sadder sound
A room with no window and an angel crying white
A funeral pyre, nothing is right
Falling snow hides crows
All of the fright of fathers’ sons
Wander the night in vain and curse the sun
Crawling home finds stone
All of the might of mothers’ tongues
Under the light at Pain and 31
credits
from Saint of the Open Opera,
released March 24, 2011
Written by Nathan and Ginnifer Brown
Performed by Just Like the Country
Ginnifer Brown: Vocals
Nathan Brown: Guitars, banjo, programming
Phyllis Brown: Accordion
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