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© 1995 David Robert Carter (BMI), administered by Tracy Grammer Music

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she's a little overdressed, but it never hurts to shine
she invokes the turtle dove, she awaits the number nine
standin alone in the grey of the morning

but soon the riders come to wait, and they take their papers out
they do not know the girl, but they know that she's about
keepin the light and the warnin

and the bus comes like thunder
and the doves rise around her
and she don't mind the winter
'cause she's workin for jesus
and she's workin for love
she's workin for love

there's a clock beside the bed, there's a bible on the stand
she will come home after dark, she will take the book in hand
feelin the grain of the black leather bindin

and so she speaks to me sometimes of flesh and mortal chains
and where the ashes go, and the spirit that remains
risin like mist, see it shinin

and her words sound like thunder
and the spirit has found her
and she knows how to reach me
'cause she's workin for jesus
and she's workin for love
she's workin for love

well, i have set my foot upon the road of black and white
i have passed the gates of dawn, i am makin for the light
barrin the door on the darkness and sorrow

but she is somewhere up ahead, she is far beyond my reach
she has walked across the sea, she is sleepin on the beach
borderin time and tomorrow

and her days pass in wonder
and the angels surround her
and she don't even miss me
'cause she's workin for jesus
and she's workin for love
she's workin for jesus
and she's workin for love
and she's workin for jesus
and she's workin for love
she's workin for love

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from Seven Is the Number, released July 19, 2006

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Dave Carter & Tracy Grammer Portland, Oregon

American folk duo Dave Carter and Tracy Grammer blend tradition and
innovation into a potent musical elixir. They transcend singer/songwriter stereotypes, delivering evocative, clear-eyed ruminations on death and life, love and ruin, that result in "music of haunting beauty and uncommon intelligence" (The
Oregonian). Carter died in 2002; Grammer curates their legacy and now performs solo. ... more

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