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Driftwood Soldier - The Rapture Song

from A Bluer State of Christmas by Various Artists

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I got up one morning while visiting my family around Xmas and found no one else home. They’d decided last minute to go out to eat, but I took the evidence of an interrupted breakfast as a sign that the Rapture had come and gone while I was sleeping. It was easier than imagining them enjoying biscuits and gravy at the diner without me. Religion is often the better story we tell ourselves when the truth is depressingly ordinary and sad. While I ate the beginnings of the breakfast they'd left behind I wrote this song about a man whose wife leaves him abruptly, either for eternal happiness in heaven or possibly just the more loving embrace of another woman - Owen Lyman-Schmidt

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On the day The Rapture came I woke up lonely in my bed
To the drumming of the rain on the roof above my head
On her pillow was a note that said all she had to say
It said, “I loved you as I could, but not enough to stay.”

I should not have married a Christian woman
Who’d leave me all alone
I should not have married a Christian woman
Who wouldn’t take me home with her
On that day

And the TV set still worked, cause the Devil likes the shows I watch
The milk had all gone bad, so I poured myself a glass of scotch
There were earthquakes in Japan, a hurricane somewhere down south
Fire, floods, and fury, there was smoke inside my mouth

I should not have married a Christian woman
Better than I am
I should not have married a Christian woman
Who’d leave me with the Damned
On that day

So I went down to Charlie’s bar, where I spend my share of time
The regulars had all stuck around and the jukebox still just cost a dime
I grabbed a rack and cue, but nobody would play
They said, “Boy, what’s wrong with you? Don’t you know we’ve all gotta settle up our tabs today?”

Don’t you marry a Christian woman
She’ll leave you when your bills are due
Don’t you marry a Christian woman
She’ll leave you sobered up and blue
On that day

And the church was fit to bursting with sinners were in the pews
Some were drunk, all were thirsting for a little late Good News
But the preacher’d been forsaking and he was screaming at Jesus
Cause his good woman was taken, and he was left with us

He should not have married a Christian woman
(Who’d) leave his ass behind
He should not have married a Christian woman
Who’d run away with mine
On that day

And I hope that they’re happy, wherever they may be
And I’m sure they love each other more than either one loved him or me
Don’t you marry a Christian woman
If you ain’t gonna treat her right
Don’t you marry a Christian woman
She’ll leave you in the night

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from A Bluer State of Christmas, released December 10, 2018
Written by: Owen Lyman-Schmidt

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