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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Willi Carlisle
Willi Carlisle
Banjo
Grant D'aubin
Grant D'aubin
Bass
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Willi Carlisle
Willi Carlisle
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Joel Savoy
Joel Savoy
Producer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
This mornin' a miracle happened as promised
The risin' of the world's closest star
And the almanacs warned us that the fast-coming weather
Might blow us away like dandelion flowers
[Verse 2]
And if I had a nickel
For every time I've taken shelter
From the storm, alone and naked in my bedsheets
I could pay off all my loans, buy some nicer clothes
Find a job that didn't always scare me
But I've been trying not to think before my third cup of coffee
[Chorus]
How the heart's a big tent
You gotta let everybody in
Doesn't matter who they are
If they do right or where they've been
Everybody gets in
[Verse 3]
I think I know a secret, still not really sure
Somewhere between I'm livin' and I believe I can fly
What's up is I saw the devil in a used book store
He was rippin' up and spittin' on Catcher in the Rye
[Verse 4]
And I'm coming to myself, like a man finding religion
Am I baptized, drowned, or washed in the blood?
If life's an open field, I'd like to plant a garden
And get ready for the fire and the flood
I need a theory of all love
[Chorus]
Like the heart's a big tent
You gotta let everybody in
Doesn't matter who they are
If they do right or where they've been
Everybody gets in
[Verse 5]
My conclusion's not a great one
I'll leave that to the smarter ones
The soul is an idiot and it doesn't care why
Whatever you do with it
The gift's a pretty simple one
Just sing until you love yourself
And love until you die
[Verse 6]
I've seen the trees like pillars full of blood
Chlorophyllic laughin', swaying in their glory
Seen the sparrows in the air
Alight on branches there
And there's no way they're afraid of being thirty
If I can't live clean, than I'd better love dirty
[Chorus]
'Cause the heart's a big tent
You gotta let everybody in
Doesn't matter who they are
If they do right or where they've been
Everybody gets in
[Outro]
This mornin' a miracle happened as promised
The risin' of the world's closest star
Written by: Willi Carlisle

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