We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.

A Cross and a Beer

from A World Like This by George Mann

/

  • Streaming + Download

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    Purchasable with gift card

      $1 USD  or more

     

  • Buy the Full Digital Album

lyrics

A Cross And A Beer

I turn to the mountain, cold wind in my face
Allegiance and memories brought me to this place
A young man forgotten by most in this town
A spirit unsettled still floating around

And each year I come back in the night to this hill
I once made a promise, I honor it still
Same day each November a new cross is placed here
And by the next morning a new bottle of beer

Yeah, times were so different, temptation so great
So much was expended to keep us flying straight
And Dan’s mom was loving, but his father so hard
They gave him two choices, it was country or God

So each year I come back in the night to this hill
I once made a promise, I honor it still
Same day each November a new cross is placed here
And by the next morning a new bottle of beer

And we all had secrets that we kept from our kin
But where do you go to when you never fit in?
Some say that he stumbled, some say that he fell
But I say that Danny found a way out of this hell

So each year I come back in the night to this hill
I once made a promise, I honor it still
Same day each November a new cross is placed here
And by the next morning a new bottle of beer
Same day each November a new cross is placed here
And standing behind it a bottle of beer


© 2021 George Mann
Ithaca, NY (3/4/21)

credits

from A World Like This, released October 19, 2021

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

George Mann image

George Mann Ithaca, New York

A former union organizer, George Mann hails from Ithaca, and has made labor and protest music for more than 20 years. He has worked with and produced albums featuring such folk music legends as Utah Phillips and Pete Seeger. George brings his experience as a union organizer and educator to his concerts-- stories and songs about real events and the struggle for a better life. www.georgemann.org ... more

contact / help

Contact George Mann

Streaming and
Download help

Report this track or account

If you like George Mann, you may also like:

Bandcamp Daily  your guide to the world of Bandcamp

On Bandcamp Radio

Seafood Sam joins the show to discuss his newest album, " Standing On Giant Shoulders".
listen now