Tirtha Yatra Songtext
von Tyler Childers

I wanna go to India
Put faces to paper, put visuals to words that I′ve read
Get a better understandin' of the culture that′s surroundin'
All the scriptures I've been poundin′, watch ′em play out inside my head

I'd go to Kurukshetra
You know, I couldn′t even tell you if I am or not pronouncin' it right
But comin′ from a cousin lovin' clubfoot somethin′-somethin'
Backwood searcher, I would hope that you'd admire the try

I′d go to all the places
Where Nurada stood
I′d read the Bhagavad Gita
I'd read the song by God

You know the Bhagavad Gita
You know, the Gita′s just a chapter in an epic 'bout a footbridge wide
I′d love to tell ya 'bout it, though I′m 'fraid it'd take forever
I′m ′fraid it'd take forever, and I′d hate to take up all of your time


But anyways, I read it
I read it to the credits, and Vyasa wrote it masterfully
It took a little under two years for me to make it through
But now I'm here and tellin′ you it changed me metaphysically

It taught me all about Dharma
The thing I ought to do
'Til the big man dances and starts it all anew (start again)

It taught me all about Dharma
The thing I ought to do
Until the big man dances and starts it all anew

I wanna Tirtha Yatra
Roll like the Pandavas with my brothers and my mom and wife
All the boys could bring their ladies, ′cause the one that Indra gave me
Is the momma to my babies and I ain't about to split my nights

It wouldn't be all different
To how we′re actually livin′ 'cept we′d leave behind all our merch
But we'd bring along our fiddles, basses and rental guitars and mandolins
′Cause that's the way that Dharma works

We′d play Louisville Breakdown
We'd play Shelvin Rock
We'd sing Hare Krishna
We′d play a song by God