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IN A CHEST OF SKIN AND BONE ~ (Jon Byrd/Doyle Primm)
IN A CHEST OF SKIN AND BONE
IS WHERE I KEEP HER STEPPING STONE
LOCKED UP SAFELY AND I’VE THROWN
AWAY THE ONLY KEY
IT USED TO BE AS GOOD AS GOLD
REALLY SOMETHING TO BEHOLD
‘TIL A HEEL WITHOUT A SOUL
TOOK A STROLL YOU SEE
WORE IT DOWN AND LEFT IT FLAT
TURNED ITS SHIMMER INTO BLACK
USED IT TO GET WHERE SHE’S AT
THEN GAVE IT BACK TO ME
WITH THE BOTTOM OF HER SHOE
SHE DID WHAT I CAN’T UNDO
NO LONGER WILL THIS HEART BE TRUE
LIKE IT USED TO BE
IN A CHEST OF SKIN AND BONE
IS WHERE I KEEP HER STEPPING STONE
LOCKED UP SAFELY AND I’VE THROWN
AWAY THE ONLY KEY
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Alabama Asphalt (Byrd)
04:05
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ALABAMA ASPHALT (Jon Byrd)
MY UNCLE WAS A LOGGER, MY PAW PAW WAS A RAILROAD MAN
WHEN YOU'RE DOWN IN ALABAMA YOU FIND A DOLLAR WHRER YOU CAN!
I GREW UP NEVER KNOWING THERE WAS ANY OTHER WAY
I'VE BEEN TO NEW YORK CITY AND I'VE GOT TO SAY
THAT
ALABAMA ASPHALT'S GIVING OFF HEAT
I GOTTA KEEP MOVING, I'VE GOT A TIME TO BEAT
I MISS TUSCALOOSA AND I MISS THE MOBILE BAY
AND THE GULF OF MEXICO IS CALLING ME HOME
NOW THERE'S A BROWN-EYED GIRL, SHE'S WAITING FOR ME
SHE THINKS I'M IN TENNESSEE
AND THERE'S A BLUE-EYED GIRL IN A GEORGIA TOWN
I'D HAVE TO HIT ATLANTA JUST TO TAKE HER DOWN
'CROSS THAT
ALABAMA ASPHALT GIVING OFF HEAT
I GOTTA KEEP MOVING, I'VE GO A TIME TO BEAT
I MISS TUSCALOOSA AND I MISS THE MOBILE BAY
AND THE GULF OF MEXICO IS CALLING ME HOME
IF YOU'RE DOWN IN ALABAMA YOU BETTER WATCH YOUR WAYS
'CAUSE LAYING BURNING TAR IS THE LEAST THAT YOU'RE GONNA PAY
YEAH THEY'LL CHAIN YOU TO YOUR BROTHER
AND GIVE A SHOTGUN TO THE OTHER
AND THERE'S THAT
ALABAMA ASPHALT GIVING OFF HEAT
I GOTTA KEEP MOVING, I'VE GO A TIME TO BEAT
I MISS TUSCALOOSA AND I MISS THE MOBILE BAY
AND THE GULF OF MEXICO IS CALLING ME HOME
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WHEN IT STARTS TO RAIN (Jon Byrd)
IT DON'T STOP WITH A SINGLE DROP
YOU HEAR IT START AND IT BREAKS YOUR HEART
THE SKY GOES BLACK, THE WIND PICKS UP
AND EVERYTHING YOU LOVE'S GONNA TURN TO RUST
WHEN IT STARTS TO RAIN
IT'S GONNA STAY AROUND AWHILE
AND YOU CAN'T HELP BUT MAKE A SICKENING SMILE
'CAUSE THERE'S NOTHING YOU CAN SAY, NOTHING YOU CAN DO
TO MAKE IT TURN AWAY, AWAY FROM YOU
WHEN IT STARTS TO RAIN
YOU CAN'T HOLD YOUR HEAD UP HIGH
OR KEEP LOOKING TO THE SKY
WHEN IT STARTS TO RAIN
AND YOU WON'T TRY AND UNDERSTAND
ALL THE TRIALS OF ANOTHER MAN BUT YOU CAN FEEL HIS PAIN
WHEN IT STARTS TO RAIN
ALL YOUR TEARS, YOUR SWEAT AND BLOOD
WON'T PREPARE YOU FOR THE KILLING FLOOD
GOD GAVE NOAH THE RAINBOW SIGH
NOW THE WORLD SLEEPS EASY WHEN IT'S YOUR DROWNING TIME
AND IT STARTS TO RAIN
RAIN
WELL IT DON'T STOP WITH A SINGLE DROP
YOU HEAR IT START AND IT BREAKS YOUR HEART
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I ONCE KNEW A WOMAN (Jon Byrd)
I ONCE KNEW A WOMAN SO CLEAN
I HAD TO MAKE HER MINE
SHE ONLY MADE ME HAPPY
I TOOK IT AS A SIGN
I CAUSED HER TO LOSE HER WAY
SHE WANDERS TO THIS DAY
I ONCE KNEW A WOMAN SO CLEAN
I TOOK IT AS A SIGN
I ONCE KNEW A WOMAN SO SAD
I LOVED HER FROM AFAR
I WAITED FOR MY MOMENT
TO LEAVE HER WITH A SCAR
I CAUSED HER TO LOSE HER WAY
SHE WANDERS TO THIS DAY
I ONCE KNEW A WOMAN SO SAD
I LEFT HER WITH A SCAR
I ONCE KNEW A WOMAN SO KIND
SHE BROUGHT ME TO MY KNEES
HER HEART CUT LIKE A RAZOR
SO I HAD TO SEE HER BLEED
I CAUSED HER TO LOSE HER WAY
SHE WANDERS TO THIS DAY
I ONCE KNEW A WOMAN SO KIND
I HAD TO SEE HER BLEED
I ONCE KNEW A WOMAN SO COLD
I SAW MYSELF IN HER
HER LOVE FELT SO FAMILIAR
MY SOUL REFUSED TO STIR
SHE CAUSED ME TO LOSE MY WAY
I WANDER TO THIS DAY
I ONCE KNEW A WOMAN SO COLD
I SAW MYSELF IN HER
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A Fond Farewell (Byrd)
04:06
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A Fond Farewell (Jon Byrd)
As your road goes on before you
Your friends, they all adore you
And look for simple ways to say goodbye
Your troubadour collection
Who relied on your affection
We never seemed so lost as we do now
The nights of drunken revelry
The days of tragic sympathy
Those times make up the people we are now
The arguments and bluster
Affairs of love and luster
Battle scars received from wrestling fate
A fond farewell, it seems so strange
To find such love and still be parting ways
A fond farewell with you I send
A fond farewell until we meet again
Until we meet again
When time has had its way
What will the searchers say
When dust we've all become what will they find?
That a home is more than fixtures
More than songs or pictures
It's how they parted ways that tells the tale
A fond farewell, it seems so strange
To find such love and still be parting ways
A fond farewell with you I send
A fond farewell until we meet again
Until we meet again
Until we meet again
Until we meet again
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Another Day Gone (Byrd)
04:27
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Another Day Gone (Jon Byrd)
I don't know where I'm going
I don't know where I've been
But can still remember
Thinking we could win
It's cold in Oklahoma
Snowing on the Bay
My world is upside down now
Since you ran away
You wore all your sadness
Like a second skin
That made it hard to argue
So I took it on the chin
Plans are made by losers
Who plan with all their might
But I could see the future
In all the songs we'd write
Another day gone, night's moving in
With the night so long, bound to be my friend
I guess I'll just keep moving
Moving down the line
They say a moving target
Memories can't find
Well I don't want to see you
Or know that you're alright
You've lost your sense of sadness
And I lost my will to fight
Another day gone, night's moving in
With the night so long, bound to be my friend
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Easy to Be Free (Byrd)
03:38
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EASY TO BE FREE (Jon Byrd)
I NEVER PUT NO ROOTS DOWN
COULDN’T WAIT TO SLIP AWAY
I’D TRAVEL IN MY MIND AT NIGHT
AND SLEEP ALL THROUGH THE DAY
AND I KNOW THAT I SEEMED LAZY
WHEN I CALLED IT MEANT TO BE
BUT I GUESS I FOUND IT EASY TO BE FREE
TRIED MY BEST TO SETTLE DOWN
AND I COULD DO IT FOR AWHILE
BUT I ALWAYS GOT TO THINKIN’
‘BOUT ONE MORE LONESOME MILE
AND I DIDN’T MEAN TO CHEAT MYSELF
OR ANY LITTLE GIRL
BUT I GUESS I FOUND IT EASY TO BE FREE
FREE ~~ FREE
SHE GOT A JOB IN BIRMINGHAM
SHE HAD NO NEED TO ROAM
SHE WASN’T LIKE HER DADDY
WHO NEVER STAYED AT HOME
BUT I WONDER IF SHE KNOWS
JUST WHAT SHE’S MEANT TO ME
AND IF SHE’S FOUND IT EASY TO BE FREE
FREE ~~ FREE
THEY SAY A CHILD WILL COME ALONG
AND CHANGE YOUR RAMBLIN’ WAYS
GOD KNOWS THAT WAS MY PRAYER EACH NIGHT
BEFORE I WENT AWAY
SHE’S GROWN INTO A WOMAN NOW
AND HAS NOT NEED OF ME
I GUESS SHE’S FOUND IT EASY TO BE FREE
FREE~~ FREE
WELL I HOPE SHE’S FOUND IT EASY TO BE FREE
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DOWN AT THE WELL OF WISHES (Jon Byrd/Doyle Primm)
DOWN AT THE WELL OF WISHES
A NOBLE LOSER FISHES
THROUGH THE POCKETS OF HIS BRITCHES
FOR SOME CHANGE
IF HE COULD HEAR THEM JINGLE
OR EVEN FEEL A SINGLE
NEW PENNY IN HIS WRINKLED
HANDS FOR A CHANGE
BUT CHANGE IS HARD TO COME BY
IF THE WELL HAS RUN DRY
AND YOU ARE ONLY SOME GUY
WHO NEEDS CHANGE
THERE’S NOTHING HE CAN THROW IN-
TO THE WELL AND LEAVE IT KNOWIN’
THAT THE WAY HIS LIFE IS GOIN’S
GONNA CHANGE
BUT CHANGE IS HARD TO COME BY
IF THE WELL HAS RUN DRY
AND YOU ARE ONLY SOME GUY
WHO NEEDS CHANGE
ALL THE GODS HAVE SPOKEN
TO THE MAN WHO’S BROKEN
BUT STILL HE KEEPS ON HOPIN’
FOR SOME CHANGE
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MY DAYS TO COME ALONG (Jon Byrd)
I CARRIED ON MY WAY
I CARRIED ON MY OWN
WAITIN' FOR MY DAYS
MY DAYS TO COME ALONG
I CARRIED ON MY WAY
I CARRIED ME A SONG
WAITIN' FOR MY DAYS
MY DAYS TO COME ALONG
ON MY OWN DOWN THE ROAD I'M GOIN'
ON AND ON WHERE I'M NEVER KNOWIN'
ON MY OWN I CARRY ME A SONG
ON AND ON MY DAYS TO COME ALONG
MISS YOU LITTLE GIRL
THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY
I CARRY YOU ALONG
WAITIN' FOR MY DAYS
THE PEOPLE THAT I MEET
DON'T LAST VERY LONG
WAITIN' FOR MY DAYS
MY DAYS TO COME ALONG
ON MY OWN DOWN THE ROAD I'M GOIN'
ON AND ON WHERE I'M NEVER KNOWIN'
ON MY OWN I CARRY ME A SONG
ON AND ON MY DAYS TO COME ALONG
PLEASE GIVE ME THE TIME
LOOK INTO MY FACE
LOOK ME IN THE EYE
SO YOU CAN'T ERASE
FROM YOUR RAGGED MIND
FROM YOU CLOUDED SOUL
ALL MY SIMPLE RHYMES
SO YOU CAN TAKE HOLD
ON OUR OWN DOWN THE ROAD WE'RE GOIN'
ON AND ON WHERE WE'RE NEVER KNOWIN'
ON OUR OWN WE CARRY US A SONG
ON AND ON OUR DAYS TO COME ALONG
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Jon Byrd Nashville, Tennessee
MOJO proclaimed BYRD'S AUTO PARTS “Americana the way it was and the way it should be.” MAVERICK said Byrd’s DOWN AT THE WELL OF WISHES “spellbinding, showcasing a true genius at work.” R2 described ROUTE 41 as “underpinned by sublime Country picking” Byrd's latest DIRTY OL' RIVER? NPR says: “Jon Byrd is subtly refining the folk-country singer-songwriter template.” — Jewly Hight, BEST OF 2017 ... more
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