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The Penguin Discography: Bastard Nation




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Bastard Nation
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Kevin Welch

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She comes from the Bastard Nation
She doesn't even know her name
No one there knows where they come from
Could've been Abel, could've been Cain
She was raised by loving hands
Down by the Gulf Of Mexico
Her savior was a preacher man
They loved her like she was their own
But one thing they could not give to her
Though they tried with all of their might
They could not fill the emptiness
She felt when she lay down each night
She comes from the Bastard Nation
She don't even know her name
No one there knows where they come from
Could've been Abel, could've been Cain
All alone in the Bastard Nation
Just like all the others there
Each one reaching out for someone
Doesn't anybody care....
Tonight I'll put my child to bed
She'll look in her father's eyes
Somewhere in there she'll see herself
And feel all those invisible ties
But that girl from the Bastard Nation
She just seems to drift away
She never knew just where to land
It's the only thing that ever made her pray
She comes from the Bastard Nation
Doesn't even know her name
No one there knows where they come from
Could've been Abel, could've been Cain
All alone in the Bastard Nation
Just like all the others there
Each one reaching out for someone
Doesn't anybody care...

    Tabs »
G                  Gsus    G                
She lives in  the Bastard Nation
F                     C    G
She doesn't even know her name
G                  Gsus            G
No one there knows where they come from
F                  C              G
Could've been Abel could've been Cain
G                 Gsus   G
She was raised by loving hands
F                C       G
Down by the Gulf Of Mexico
G                Gsus     G
Her savior was a preacher man
F                       C         G
They loved her like she was their own
G                            Gsus    G
But one thing they could not give to her
F                          C     G 
Though they tried with all their might
G                       Gsus   G
They could not fill the emptiness
F                          C    G   
She felt when she lay down each night
G                  Gsus    G
She comes from the Bastard Nation
F                C         G
She don't  even know her name
G                  Gsus            G   
No one there knows where they come from
F                  C              G
Could've been Abel could've been Cain
G                Gsus    G
All alone in the Bastard Nation
F                 C      G
Just like all the others there
G 
Each one reaching out for someone
F               C  G
Doesn't anybody care

SOLO

G                   Gsus     G
Tonight I'll put my child to bed
F                  C       G
She'll look in her father's eyes
G                           Gsus     G  
Somewhere  in there  she'll see herself
F                  C         G
And feel all those invisible ties
G                      Gsus    G
But that girl from the Bastard Nation
F                 C     G
She just seems to drift away
G                   Gsus     G
She never knew just where to land
F                             C        G 
It's the only thing that ever made her pray 
G                  Gsus    G
She comes from the Bastard Nation
F                     C   G
She doesn't even know her name
G                  Gsus             G  
No one there knows where they come from
F                  C              G
Could've been Abel could've been Cain
G                Gsus    G
All alone in the Bastard Nation
F                 C      G
Just like all the others there
G 
Each one reaching out for someone
F               C  G
Doesn't anybody care

    Performances »
Running Time 5:42
Performers Kevin Welch (Vocals), Kevin Welch (Produced By), Harry Edward Stinson (Hand Drum), Glen(n) (A.) Worf (Bass), Ki(e)ran Kane (Octave Mandolin), Kevin Welch (Acoustic Guitar), Charlie White (Angry Child Guitars), Mike/Michael James Henderson (Electric Guitar), Sandy Bull (Sarod), Phil Jones (Percussion), Charlie White (Co-Produced By), Peter Coleman (Recorded By), Dan Lef(f)ler (Recording Assisted By), Philip Scoggins (Additional Recording @ Creative Workshop), Charlie White (Additional Recording At Riverside By), Philip Scoggins (Mixed By), Philip Scoggins (Additional Recording At Moraine Music By)
CommentsRecorded at Ocean Way, Nashville. Additional recording at Riverside, Creative Workshop & Moraine Music. Mixed at Moraine.
Appears On
Beneath My Wheels (1999)
Kevin Welch

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    Last Modified »
2006-10-02