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HYMNS 301–301 · RISEN DOUGH RECORDS
Two Hundred Dozen
Final album. Ten songs, the best they ever sounded. The cover photograph is the back of a 1984 Pontiac Safari with the windows fogged. Dedicated to everyone who stood in the New Covenant parking lot at 6:30 in the morning on April 19, 1997.
- 01Two Hundred Dozen
Wes sings lead. The key change is for Peace Haven Road.
Words
We ordered sixty dozen and we thought that was a lot Put the sign out by the road and Tracy made the coffee hot Six-fifteen the lot was full and the cars were down the street Folks in Sunday clothes and folks still in their sleep Danny took his daddy's wagon, the old brown one with the rust Said I'll be right back, y'all keep playing, we'll do what we must He came back up Peace Haven with the springs down on the frame Two hundred dozen in the back and the windows fogged with steam Two hundred dozen And the sun coming up Nobody asked what it was for They just held out their cup Two hundred dozen Never seen so many hands That's how you build a house Before anybody plans The family stood by the fellowship door like they didn't know where to look Marcus played the long slow chords like the ones out of the book Nobody made a speech and nobody passed a plate Just a box and a coffee can and a line out to the gate Two hundred dozen And the sun coming up Nobody asked what it was for They just held out their cup Two hundred dozen Never seen so many hands That's how you build a house Before anybody plans By Thanksgiving they had a porch By Christmas they had a door And every year that morning Somebody orders one dozen more Two hundred dozen And the sun coming up Nobody asked what it was for They just held out their cup Two hundred dozen Never seen so many hands That's how you build a house Before anybody plans