Tyler Childers

Tiny Desk Concerts - Audio

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4.6 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 11 April 2018

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

Tyler Childers writes songs about hard lives and hard love with direct heart and a soulful Kentucky drawl.

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0:00.0	I'm Bob Boylan from All Songs Considered. The following is the audio from our latest Tiny Desk concert.
0:05.2	To see the video, subscribe to the All Songs Considered Tiny Desk Concerts.
0:10.2	Or go to NPR.org slash Tiny Desk concerts. Daddy worked like a mule mine in Pike County, cold.
0:25.0	They fucked up his back, couldn't work anymore.
0:31.0	He said one of these days, he'll get out of these hills.
0:36.0	Keep your nose on the grindstone and out of the pills. See the ways of this world will just bring you to tears. Keep the
0:51.0	Lord in your heart and you'll have nothing to fear live the best that you can
0:56.7	and don't lie and don't still keep your nose on the grindstone out of the bills.
1:05.0	Daddy, I've been tying, I just can't catch a break.
1:10.0	There's too much in this world.
1:15.0	I can't seem to shake.
1:20.0	But I remember your words, Lord, that bring me chills.
1:25.0	Keep your nose on the grindstone and out of the pills. You're going to do. See the ways of this world just bring you tears.
2:03.0	Keep the Lord in your heart and you'll have nothing to fear
2:08.0	and there's hurt you can cause time alone cannot heal.
2:13.8	Keep your nose on the grindstone and out of the pills.
2:18.7	Daddy, I've been trying, I just can't catch a break there's too much in this world I can't
2:29.4	seem to shake But I remember your words, Lord, they bring me chills.
2:39.0	Keep your nose on the grindstone out of the pills. Keep your nose on the grindstone. You're going to.
3:07.0	This is a a...
3:08.0	a... This song about the first time I got snowed in with my in-laws. It's not a blues song.
3:20.0	It's not a blues song. It's a love song.
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