I'll Be Her Only One (Byrd/Gordon)

from Me & Paul by Jon Byrd

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A co-write with friend and fellow musician Kevin Gordon.
“[The writing process] put me in mind of Kevin’s long-time music collaborator Joe McMahan ... While he and Kevin are more on the rockin’ side of things, I was very keen to know what Joe would bring to a project like this—so stripped down and so country.”

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I’ll Be Her Only One-D (Jon Byrd/Kevin Gordon)
VS: Most mornings I can touch her
She’s stays close most all the time
Where she goes when she’s leaving
She’ll say it ain’t none of mine

CH: Yeah I might of cried a river
But my old levee’s made for flood
‘Cross my levee she’ll come walking
And I’ll be her only one

VS: Say she’s walking Tchoupitoulas
With a stranger looking free
You say that’s got to be the cruelest
But what’s that got to do with me

CH: Yeah I might of cried a river...

VS: Oh I know she’s not the best
To keep her word or walk that line
But man, we understand each other
Guess we’re two of the same kind

CH: Don’t you tell me not to love her
Don’t you say it can’t be done
‘Cross my levee she’ll come walking
And I’ll be her only one

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from Me & Paul, released July 16, 2021
Jon Byrd: Vocals/Guitar
Paul Niehaus: Pedal Steel
Joe McMahan: Producer

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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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