"Salvation Song" is a song by The Avett Brothers that appears on their 2004 album Mignonette with a playtime of 4:49.
The song features Scott Avett on banjo and lead vocals, Seth Avett on guitar and backup vocals, and Bob Crawford on upright bass.
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If you take my heart
Don't leave the smallest part
I've no need to live if you're to come up gone
And as my life turns to a song
And if and when I treat you wrong
No I never want to hurt our family
And I would give up everything
No this is not just about me
And I don't know a plainer way to say it, babe
And they may pay us off in fame
Though that is not why we came
And I know well and good that won't heal our hearts
We came for salvation
We came for family
We came for all that's good, that's how we'll walk away
We came to break the bad
We came to cheer the sad
We came to leave behind the world a better way
Now if I'm walkin' through the rain
And I hear you call my name
I will break into a run without a pause
And if your love laughs at your dreams
Well it's not as bad as it seems
Either way one of them has got to go
And if you take of my soul
You can still leave it whole
With the pieces of your own you leave behind
We came for salvation
We came for family
We came for all that's good, that's how we'll walk away
We came to break the bad
We came to cheer the sad
We came to leave behind the world a better way
And I would give up everything
And if you were to come up clean
And see you shine so bright in a world of woe
And they may pay us off in fame
But that is not why we came
And if it compromises truth then we will go
We came for salvation
We came for family
We came for all that's good, that's how we'll walk away
We came to break the bad
We came to cheer the sad
We came to leave behind the world a better way
Mignonette tracks[]
Mignonette
1. "Swept Away" (Sentimental Version)
2. "Nothing Short of Thankful"
3. "The New Love Song"
4. "At the Beach"
5. "Signs"
6. "Hard Worker"
7. "Letter to a Pretty Girl"
8. "Please Pardon Yourself"
9. "Pretty Girl at the Airport"
10. "Pretty Girl from Cedar Lane"
11. "Causey Commentary"
12. "One Line Wonder"
13. "The Day That Marvin Gaye Died"
14. "SSS"
15. "Swept Away"
16. "A Gift for Melody Anne"
17. "Complainte D'Un Matelot Mourant"
18. "Salvation Song"
19. "Signs" (Jim Avett version)
20. "Laser Pants"