Hozier – Work Song Lyrics

Boys workin’ on empty
Is that the kinda way to face the burning heat?¹
I just think about my baby
I’m so full of love I could barely eat²
There’s nothing sweeter than my baby³
I’d never want once from the cherry tree
‘Cause my baby’s sweet as can be
She give me toothaches just from kissin’ me⁴

When, my, time⁵ comes around
Lay me gently in the cold dark earth⁶
No grave can hold my body down
I’ll crawl home to her⁷

That’s when my baby found me
I was three days on a drunken sin⁸
I woke with her walls around me
Nothin’ in her room but an empty crib⁹
And I was burnin’ up a fever
I didn’t care much how long I lived¹⁰
But I swear I thought I dreamed her
She never asked me once about the wrong I did¹¹

When, my, time comes around
Lay me gently in the cold dark earth
No grave can hold my body down
I’ll crawl home to her

When, my, time comes around
Lay me gently in the cold dark earth
No grave can hold my body down
I’ll crawl home to her

My baby never fret none¹²
About what my hands and my body done¹³
If the Lord don’t forgive me
I’d still have my baby and my babe would have me¹⁴
When I was kissing on my baby
And she put her love down soft and sweet¹⁵
In the lowland plot I was free
Heaven and hell were words to me¹⁶

When, my, time comes around
Lay me gently in the cold dark earth
No grave can hold my body down
I’ll crawl home to her

When, my, time comes around
Lay me gently in the cold dark earth
No grave can hold my body down
I’ll crawl home to her