– “I have tried thee, it is written, in the furnace of affliction”
From Isaiah 48:8-10:
8 “Even from long ago your ear has not been open,
Because I knew that you would deal very treacherously;
And you have been called a rebel from birth.
9 “For the sake of My name I delay My wrath,
And for My praise I restrain it for you,
In order not to cut you off.
10 “Behold, I have refined you, but not as silver;
I have tested you in the furnace of affliction.
11 “For My own sake, for My own sake, I will act;
For how can My name be profaned?
And My glory I will not give to another.”
– “Country-Restroom on the radio”
“Country and Restroom” is a Roger Miller-ism.
– “I got a number on my name/ it’s hard to rise above the shame. / I’m a branded man
made in the mold”,
references Merle Haggard’s song “Branded Man” from 1967:
“I'd like to hold my head up and be proud of who I am
But they won't let my secret go untold
I paid the debt I owed them, but they're still not satisfied
Now I'm a branded man out un the cold
When they let me out of prison, I held my head up high
Determined I would rise above the shame
But no matter where I'm living, the black mark follows me
I'm branded with a number on my name”
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Track 8: CANDY JAIL
– “I have tried thee, it is written, in the furnace of affliction”
From Isaiah 48:8-10:
8 “Even from long ago your ear has not been open, Because I knew that you would deal very treacherously; And you have been called a rebel from birth. 9 “For the sake of My name I delay My wrath, And for My praise I restrain it for you, In order not to cut you off. 10 “Behold, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have tested you in the furnace of affliction. 11 “For My own sake, for My own sake, I will act; For how can My name be profaned? And My glory I will not give to another.”
– “Country-Restroom on the radio”
“Country and Restroom” is a Roger Miller-ism.
– “I got a number on my name/ it’s hard to rise above the shame. / I’m a branded man made in the mold”,
references Merle Haggard’s song “Branded Man” from 1967:
“I'd like to hold my head up and be proud of who I am But they won't let my secret go untold I paid the debt I owed them, but they're still not satisfied Now I'm a branded man out un the cold When they let me out of prison, I held my head up high Determined I would rise above the shame But no matter where I'm living, the black mark follows me I'm branded with a number on my name”