Текст песни Steve Earle -  Elijahs Church   
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Elijah came to texasTo build his family a homeWith his wife and new babyAnd what little goods that they ownedHad a good yoke of oxenAnd hand tools for clearing the landAnd he built him a churchcause he was a God fearin manAll of his children when thereWorshiped here through the yearsOn down to my granddadHes buried bout 40 yards from hereIts where I was baptizedAnd where I took me a wifeAnd if I have my say soThats where Ill rest when its timeChorus:When Im dead and Im goneWont you carry me homeTo that little white churchIn my daddys home towncause lord knows Im some kind of sinnerBut Ive done come this farAnd its too late for changinWhen this race has been runTake me back where I came fromAnd let me return what I took from the groundWhen this body wont carry me no furtherTake me backAnd lay me downThis east texas red dirtWont grow much of nothin they saycept tomatoes and peachesThey mostly drill for oil nowadaysAnd a hired hand named reganFirst made me understandAnd he told me the red was the blood of my kin in the landChorus