A Dry Night in Chambersburg

from Here Hope Flows Like Blood From the Nose by The Resurrectionists

	/

Streaming + Download

Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

Purchasable with gift card

$1 USD
Buy the Full Digital Album

lyrics

It’s a Sunday night in Chambersburg
Snowing outside like an Old Testament curse
Feeling awful sick and my wife says she’s walking
Phoned up the preacher but he won’t be calling
She says preach is gone now that’s where I’m going

And I don’t think things could be much worse
Cuz it’s a dry night in Chambersburg

She says preach will be buried in the morning
The cancer took him without much warning
They say he was a genuine faith healer
Don’t know what I saw but I want to believe it
The Lord called him home now he’s gone to get his reward

But now I don’t think things could be much worse
On a dry night in Chambersburg

To this town he came a stranger
Heard it all before this time it cut me like a razor
When that man was talking ‘bout the savior
I put my bottle right down
Started drinking from the cup

Now I don’t know what could be worse
Than a dry night in Chambersburg

With fingers parted
And taught hands a’ quakin’
He whispered words
That left me all shaken

Go now
Be whole
Unbroken in body
Flat-busted in soul
You’ll thirst no longer
Your void is now full
Receive this blessing
In the name of the Lord
Amen

The ground is covered
But it’s opening up
The love that conquered
It’s swallowing up
And on that day where we all end up
He’s gonna tickle it’s throat
And all it holds
Will be given up

Until that day
Got this question to burn
Since he’s gone my thirst has returned
Now I’m not sure what my
Faith will earn

How ‘bout another dry night in Chambersburg

credits

from Here Hope Flows Like Blood From the Nose, released July 18, 2008
B. Crouch & A. Kissel

license

some rights reserved

about

The Resurrectionists Boston, Massachusetts

The Resurrectionists celebrate the dark depths of American roots music with a feel-good, righteous rock fervor.

Refined over the course of countless gigs in and around Boston, the 4-piece band’s performances combine driving rhythms and hellbent showmanship with a twilit vocal tour of family and faith, booze and the blues. ... more

contact / help

Contact The Resurrectionists

Streaming and
Download help

Shipping and returns

Redeem code

Report this track or account

If you like The Resurrectionists, you may also like:

Forward, Children: A fundraiser for Durham Public Schools students
by Hiss Golden Messenger

Hiss Golden Messenger transforms from a solo songwriter to a full-band on a record benefiting Durham Public Schools. Bandcamp New & Notable Apr 9, 2020
go to album
Terms of Surrender
by Hiss Golden Messenger

Psychedelic folkster M.C. Taylor taps Jenny Lewis, Phil Cook, and others for his latest as Hiss Golden Messenger. Bandcamp New & Notable Sep 18, 2019
go to album
Heart Like a Levee
by Hiss Golden Messenger

Partially funded by a commission at Duke University, Messenger's latest is a robust collection of emotive tunes. Bandcamp New & Notable Sep 16, 2016
go to album
False Spring
by Zachary Cale

Thoughtful and poetic folk with a Cosmic Americana flavor from the Brooklyn singer-songwriter. Bandcamp New & Notable May 14, 2020
go to album
Echo Dancing
by Alejandro Escovedo

The legendary Alejandro Escovedo returns with another country-rock scorcher. Bandcamp New & Notable Mar 29, 2024
go to album
Evil Joy
by Fust

Spare bedroom folk songs from this North Carolina musician that evoke a host of emotions with lovely, tender melodies. Bandcamp New & Notable Jun 1, 2021
go to album
Downey to Lubbock
by Dave Alvin

Soulful guitar interplay form the heart of this lovely Americana collaboration from Dave Alvin and Jimmie Dale Gilmore. Bandcamp New & Notable Mar 2, 2018
go to album