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It Aint All Flowers - Sturgill Simpson 10-6-19 Music Hall of WIlliamsburg
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Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Cleaning out the darkest corner of my mind
Taking all my full circles and making straight lines
Been getting to the bottom of the bottom getting to me
I've been holding up the mirror
To everything I don't want to see
[Chorus]
But it ain't all flowers
Sometimes you gotta feel the thorns
When you play with the devil
You know you gonna get the horns
[Verse 2]
Been dancing with the demons all my life
Every time I find my groove, they cut in like a knife
Been a sin eater, Lord, since the day I was born
Tired of feeling weighed down
From carrying 'round all the pain that keeps me torn
[Verse 3]
So I pray, when I lay me down to die
Grab a glass of wine, and a seat to dine
And go ahead and eat the whole damn pie
[Chorus]
Ain't all flowers
Sometimes you gotta smell the thorns
And when you play with the devil
You know you gonna get the horns
[Bridge]
Oh, Lord
[Outro]
Oh, lay me down
Oh, lay me down
Oh, lay me down
Written by: Sturgill Simpson

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