[Verse 1]
Jamie was born where the cotton don’t grow
The church bells ring but the money runs low
She fell for a boy with rough-cut hands
Promised her steel, but built a house of sand
Her firstborn came one promising night
Doctor walked in said baby’d never be right
[Pre-Chorus]
They called it God’s will, said “Keep the faith”
But prayers don’t pay when the good Lord’s late
[Chorus]
Guess crucifixion was Jamie’s fate
Hung up high by a cross of red tape
The preacher preaches, the leaders lie
But you can’t feed hope to a baby’s cry
She bore the weight like a weathered song
The nails went in, but she held on
[Verse 2]
Her husband broke like a bottle on stone
Whiskey and anger when the money’s all gone
Buried him young, the lights went black
Jamie held the child on her worn-down back
The lawman changed the rules that week
“Work or starve” scrawled in bold and bleak
But who holds the child when the shift bell sounds?
The clock ran out, no help around
[Pre-Chorus]
She kept her pride stitched tight as lace
But stress carves lines on a mother’s face
[Chorus]
Guess crucifixion was Jamie’s fate
Hung up high by a cross of red tape
The preacher preaches, the leaders lie
But you can’t feed hope to a baby’s cry
She bore the weight like a weathered song
The nails went in, but she still held on
[Bridge]
Second child broke inside her frame
Doctor’s hands tied by the governor’s chain
They waited on a law, not a pulse or plea
By the time they moved, Jamie couldn’t breathe
[Final Chorus]
Guess crucifixion was Jamie’s fate
Hung up high by a cross of red tape
The preacher preaches, the leaders lie
But you can’t stitch wounds with alibis
She bore the weight like a weathered song
The nails went in, til she couldn’t hold on
[Outro]
And the good book’s heavy in a liar’s hand
Jamie’s gone — but the devil still stands
