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Take Me Back To San Francisco

from Still Carrying A Flame by John Miller and his Country Casuals

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Take me back to San Francisco and scatter my soul to the wind

I’ve always lived on the wrong side
A constant companion of crime
Now they’ve locked me down in this dirty old town
To die ahead of my time

The further I travelled from home Lord
The further my life went astray
Now I wait for the breath of the Angel of Death
To take my freedom away

To take me back to San Francisco
To the only city that called me a friend
Carry me up to the cross on Mount Davidson
And scatter my soul to the wind

Father I won’t ask for earthly forgiveness
It’s not fair that you should decide
Only the Lord can grant me that reward
When I get to the other side

But won’t you please tell the warden
To grant me my final request
Make him carry me away to the City on the Bay
And lay my poor soul to rest

Make him take me back to San Francisco
To the only city that called me a friend
Carry me up to the cross on Mount Davidson
And scatter my soul to the wind

Guess I was just a kid acting smart
Believeing I was a man
And I swear it’s just breaking my heart
That I’ll never see that Golden Gate again

So won’t you please tell the warden
To grant me my final request
Make him carry me away to the City on the Bay
And lay this poor sinner to rest

Make him take me back to San Francisco
To the only city that called me a friend
Carry me up to the cross on Mount Davidson
And scatter my soul to the wind

Scatter my soul to the wind

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from Still Carrying A Flame, released August 28, 2012

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John Miller and his Country Casuals Glasgow, UK

Miller’s a traditional country singer; there’s no gimmicks and no newfangled twists. If he can be dubbed alternative these days it’s because he cleaves to the verities, sure in the power and emotion of his own voice...
Consequently he’s the purest country singer practising his art on these islands, and the finest
NICK WEST, Bucketfull Of Brains ... more

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