i’ve got the wheels to ride and the wheels to run,
some say i got ramblin’ in my blood,
no pretty girl can slow me down,
i’ll travel ‘till my country home is found…
yeah, i will travel ‘til my country home is found.
out on the range outrunning them trains,
you’re never gonna see me leave,
yeah, ‘cause i’ve been down
through your hometown
and all across your distant land,
and one things for sure, honey,
well, i’m gonna roll,
tell my mother I miss her so,
on and on…
check out the high tech percussion. ;)
love those darlins. love this song.
i can’t remember anything i said
not to the girl on the phone
or the girl on the road
or the girl in my headache covered in lace
or to the girl in the frame with glass on her face.
don’t be sad, don’t be sad
it can’t be that bad
don’t be sad, don’t be sad
we’ve all had harder times.
shovels & rope to release new album on 7/31: o be joyful!
time is like a river, how it bends and then it flows and sometimes i wonder if it’s there at all. it’s funny how you want the things that you can not control, when you let go of it all is when you fall.
dreams are like the streams of our subconscious memory, if you let them they will guide you to the light. know the day will come when i will never see the sun set or rise without you laying by my side.
oh, i know how that river flows, in the end it’s how the story goes, the road you’re on will always lead you home - and today is one day closer to you.
when you look up at the moon and stars above your head, just know that they are the same stars that i look to. when you feel the wind gently brush upon your skin, know that it was just the kiss i blew to you.
forever is a word that i have seldom ever heard whispered from my lips into another ear, but when i see your eyes smiling brighter than the sky, it’s just the only word that i can seem to hear.
oh, i know how that river flows, in the end it’s how the story goes, the road you’re on will always lead you home - and today is one day closer to you.
today is one day closer to you.
you always said the highway was your home,
but we both know that ain’t true -
it’s just the only place a man can go,
when he don’t know where he’s travelin’ to.
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fort worth blues • townes van zandt
(Source: thecountryfucker)
smart disclaimer, martin guitar, because this heart? somebody dial 911.Martin Guitar is not responsible for any hospitalizations from melted hearts due to watching this video of Scott from The Avett Brothers covering Bob Dylan - with the cutest little girl on Earth.
(via aaronjoliver)
justin townes earle & cory younts
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i come home
and you can’t give me a smile,
i don’t know,
maybe you think that i’m
bound to you baby,
or maybe your fool,
but you gotta treat me
better than you do,
‘cause it’s hard livin’ lovin’ you…
i caught this ramblin’ fever long ago,
when I first heard a lonesome whistle blow,
if someone said i ever gave a damn,
they damn sure told you wrong -
i’ve had ramblin’ fever all along.
nobody living can ever stop me, as i go walking that freedom highway;
nobody living can ever make me turn back - this land was made for you and me.
i could use a distraction and the noise of the engines rumbling would at least be a break from these thoughts screaming and your voice haunting - the only thing louder is the trains. the only thing louder is the trains.
the union pacific is due for a visit. believe me, i got a plan, but the plan’s no good without a train -
and when you need a train it never comes,
and when you need a train it never comes.
(Source: youtube.com, via aaronjoliver)
Put a ring on that banjo player!
this is beyond hilarious. the monologue in the middle? i am just dead.
come to carolina and your drinks are on me.
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THE BALLAD OF SHOVELS AND ROPE (moving picture boys are making a documentary about cary ann hearst & michael trent. my excitement can not be contained! …but seriously, why did they have to take the best band name ever?)
i can’t rely on a dime-a-day love that don’t go anywhere.
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this video kills me. playing this song on piano? oh, that kills me too. but i can’t seem to stop.
(Source: herestothehalcyon)
