House of Wood and Stone

I wrote this song about a wrongful conviction that resulted in a man spending 15 years behind bars for a crime he did not commit. The story is told from the perspective of his wife.

I will post the song to seanmcgrath.bandcamp.com soon...

Key of Am

[Am]Of all the days that [G]you were gone,

The [F]hardest ones to [E7]bear,

Where the [Am]days I'd sit here [G]on the porch,

[F]Look out on the street, and [E7]stare,

At the [Am]passers-by that where [G]holding hands,

As I'd [F]sit here all [E7]alone,

In the [Am]house you built for the [G]two of us,

A [F]house of wood and [E7]stone.

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On the [C]day I heard you were getting out,

My [G]whole body quaked, and I heard myself shout,

As I [Am]counted down the time [G]to the day,

That [F]you'd be coming [E7]home to [Am]stay.

[Am]Of all the days that [G]you were gone,

The [F]hardest was the [E7]first,

[Am]“twenty years”, the [G]judge intoned,

And [F]all your friends there [E7]cursed.

We [Am]lurched from appeal to [G]governor plea,

But [F]nothing we tried worked a [E7]damn,

'Til the [Am]day the guilty [G]turned themselves in,

And the [F]papers towards you [E7]ran.

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[Am]Fifteen years of our [G]lives have gone,

And we [F]cannot get them [E7]back,

The [Am]media will hang around [G]for a while,

There will be [F]light where there was [E7]black.

But [Am]that won't last and the [G]day will come,

When we are [F]sitting here all [E7]alone,

In the [Am]house you built for the [G]two of us,

A [F]house of wood and [E7]stone.

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