Name: Christian Cattlemen
Duration: P00H04M38S
Description: I actually did see a Chevy Silverado that pulled in from behind at a rest area in Catawba County that had a sign on the door that read "Christian Cattlemen". The rest of the song is a fantasy that makes up for my lack of courage or motivation to talk to the man, but I imagine his real story must be similar.

Christian Cattlemen

from Ore by Carpal Tullar

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I actually did see a Chevy Silverado that pulled in from behind at a rest area in Catawba County that had a sign on the door that read "Christian Cattlemen". The rest of the song is a fantasy that makes up for my lack of courage or motivation to talk to the man, but I imagine his real story must be similar.

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I was in a parking lot an hour away when I saw a sign
On a Chevy Silverado that pulled in from behind
A man stepped out of considerable weight
A bleak voice old and dry said I’m Edwin
I’ve gambled on Jesus and cattle
We’re family owned and it’s fragile
It may not be much but it’s mine

We are the Christian Cattlemen
We made a home out on the range
We are the men who are tending cattle
You’ve got to have faith
Because the Lord don’t favor us
There ain’t a promise in this land
It took a Davie county saddle to make me understand

I guess you’ve never worked a single day in your life
I can see you’ve got a liberal mind
But it’s heaven, a heavenly sight,
Heaven, a heavenly sight
Heaven, a heavenly sight and it’s hell

There was once a family forest on the land until we cut it down
There was a family homestead standing, burned it to the ground
What we lack in etiquette we make up by the pound
But it’s heaven, a heavenly sight and it’s hell

We are the Christian Cattlemen
We made a home out on the range
We are the men who are tending cattle
You’ve got to have faith
Because the Lord don’t favor us
There ain’t a promise in this land
Though we invoke the name of Jesus he’s not ours to command

No one keeps a ledger book of current events
But there’s a mountain of political bias
But it’s heaven, heavenly sight
Heaven, heavenly sight
Heaven, heavenly sight, and it’s hell

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from Ore, released December 22, 2020

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