Posted on Oct 7, 2019

Tenille Townes - Jersey on the Wall (I'm Just Asking) (Official Video)

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Heard this song on the radio and the interview with the DJ about the song. She asks the unanswerable questions so many of us want to ask God.
The song is the result of a profound trip Townes made to a high school in Grand Manan, Canada, visiting with students after they endured the tragic death of one of their peers named Danielle in a car accident. Townes returned to the high school a year later for their graduation ceremony, transfixed by Danielle's jersey hanging from the rafters in the school gym.
During this time, Townes had also learned that her best friend's younger brother had passed away, along with a classmate of hers that was killed (also in a car accident).

Read More: Tenille Townes' New Song Asks Powerful, Difficult Questions | https://tasteofcountry.com/tenille-townes-jersey-on-the-wall-asks-powerful-questions-in-wake-of-tragedy-listen/?utm_source=tsmclip&utm_medium=referral

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SPC Douglas Bolton

Posted 5 y ago

Lt Col Charlie Brown So many questions.

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LTC Stephen F.

Posted 5 y ago

Thank you, my friend Lt Col Charlie Brown for posting the official music video of Tenille Townes performing 'Jersey on the Wall (I'm Just Asking)'

"Jersey On The Wall (I'm Just Asking)"
Lyrics
"There's a jersey on the wall
In a high-school gym in my hometown
In the corner, by the scoreboard
Where the bleacher seats fold down
Twenty-seven took the Tigers
To the finals that year
But that's not why it's hanging there

If I ever get to Heaven
You know I got a long list of questions
Like how do You make a snowflake?
Are You angry when the Earth quakes?
How does the sky change in a minute?
How do You keep this big rock spinnin'?
Why can't You stop a car from crashin'?
Forgive me, I'm just askin'

I bet somewhere, there's a yearbook
In a box under a bed
With a senior picture missin'
In Loving Memory instead
And somewhere there's a mother
Who stopped goin' to church
'Cause Your plan quit makin' sense down here on Earth

If I ever get to Heaven
You know I got a long list of questions
Like how do You make a snowflake?
Are You angry when the Earth quakes?
How does the sky change in a minute?
How do You keep this big rock spinnin'?
Why couldn't You stop that car from crashin'?
Forgive me, I'm just askin'
Oh, I'm just sayin'
You don't have to answer now
Oh, but some day

If I ever get to Heaven
Got a long list of questions
Like how do You make a snowflake?
Are You angry when the Earth quakes?
How does the sky change in a minute?
How do You keep this big rock spinnin'?
If You got Your hands on everythin' that happens
Then why couldn't You stop that car from crashin'?
Forgive me, I'm just askin'
Oh, I'm just askin' "

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