We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.

Snake​-​handlin' Man

from Seven Is the Number by Dave Carter & Tracy Grammer

/

  • 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  or more

     

  • Buy the Full Digital Album

  • Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    This album was in the works at the time Dave Carter died in 2002. Tracy finished the mixing and tracking and released the album four years later. The CD is being reprinted in 2018 to meet renewed demand, with new eco-friendly packaging, CD, and a 12-page booklet. Features the singalong, "Gun-Metal Eyes."

    Includes unlimited streaming of Seven Is the Number via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    ships out within 1 day

      $15 USD or more 

     

  • Full Digital Discography

    13
    releases

    Get all 13 Tracy Grammer releases available on Bandcamp and save 10%.

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality downloads of I'll Be Here in the Morning (Single), If I Needed You (Single), American Noel (Dave Carter & Tracy Grammer), The Verdant Mile EP, Low Tide, Joy My Love (EP), Little Blue Egg, Book of Sparrows EP, and 5 more. , and , .

    Purchasable with gift card

      $82.80 USD or more (10% OFF)

     

about

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

lyrics

baby i was born to the blood in the service of the lord of hosts
marched through the valley of the shadow of death at the biddin of the holy ghost
baby i would
hey, baby, you know i can

holy fire down in my belly and brimstone in my eyes
everything that a woman might need and the need just might arise
i'm a light-bringer and a soul-singer
i'm a snake-handlin man

six-foot cottonmouth hangin from a tree on a sultry summer night
sling that serpent around my neck and i take him for a ride
baby i would
hey, baby, you know i can

'cause i got a heart that shines in the dark like the road to the pearly gates
you come creepin up the slow lane baby but you know i just can't wait
i'm a fire-walker and a straight-talker
i'm a snake-handlin man

mix that poison up good and strong and lift it to my lips
i'll go preachin in the pale moonlight with a viper in my grip
baby i would
hey, baby, you know i can

nobody gonna turn me 'round or make me feel ashamed
i got the power and i got the right, i'm written in the book of names
wadin that river jordan
i'm a snake-handlin man

well i got the armor and i got the shield and i got the sword of truth
takin that angel harp in hand, gonna pick it with a rattler's tooth
baby i would
hey, baby, you know i can

build this tower on the rock of ages and it reaches to the sky
straight and tall as jacob's ladder, i'm here to testify
can i get a witness
i'm a snake-handlin man

speakin in lost tongues sayin praised be jesus
i'm a snake-handlin man

credits

from Seven Is the Number, released July 19, 2006

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

Tracy Grammer image

Tracy Grammer Greenfield, Massachusetts

Writer. Actor. Storyteller. Singer. Multi-instrumentalist. Former head cheerleader, now a fearless navigator of the heart.

“One of the finest pure musicians anywhere in folkdom.” - Boston Globe

“A brilliant artist.” - Joan Baez

“Her gifts as a musician are like that of a painter who is a master of chiaroscuro, offering light and shadow at every turn.“ - Mary Chapin Carpenter ... more

contact / help

Contact Tracy Grammer

Streaming and
Download help

Redeem code

Report this track or account

If you like Tracy Grammer, you may also like:

Bandcamp Daily  your guide to the world of Bandcamp

On Bandcamp Radio

Featuring Riley Pinkerton (aka The Rat Queen) from the theatrical NYC rockers, Castle Rat.
listen now