o Come Look at the Burning CD (CC 4001)
Produced by Joe McMahan and Kevin Gordon
Recorded March-May 2005
Released October 2005
Recorded at Joe McMahan’s Wow and Flutter studio (then on McKennie Ave. in east Nashville), “Burning” was the long-awaited follow-up to the 2000 release, “Down to the Well”. Special guests include Nashville
r & b legend Charles “Wigg” Walker, Bo Ramsey, Louisiana piano master/songwriter David Egan, and Jennifer Niceley.
The song “Flowers”, was later recorded by New Orleans’ great Irma Thomas; her version appears on her Grammy-winning record, “After the Rain”.
“Watching the Sun Go Down” was licensed for use in a Dewar’s Scotch television ad campaign, and also for use in the HBO series, “True Blood”. “24 Diamonds” was included in the Red Beet Records compilation “The Other Side: Music from East Nashville”.
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 o Come Look at the Burning CD (CC 4001)
produced by Joe McMahan and Kevin Gordon
recorded March-May 2005
released October 2005
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track listing:
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1/ Watching the Sun Go Down
2/ Find My Way
When the night comes creeping, and my family’s sleeping
I slip out and I take a ride
no destination, no woman waiting
Just a rage inside my mind
I’m feeling things I don’t understand
Baby can you sympathize
til I find my way
baby til I find my wayI think I’ll drive down to the river
and stare out at the lights of town
Sometimes a man will walk that bridge
Just to lay his lonesome down
I’m coming back home tonight
I’m just taking the long way around
til I find my way
baby, til I find my wayThere’s hawks on my fence, snakes in the grass
change is a burning, blurring line
world’s got me crazy, can you tell me baby
Why the cure’s always the compromise
There’s what you want, and what you need
What ties you down, what sets you free
til I find my way
baby, til I find my waywritten by: Kevin Gordon/Gwil Owen, ©2005
(Little Rain Music(BMI)/Turgid Tunes(BMI))
3/ Greenwood Girls
4/ Casino Road
The votes were counted and the bills were passed
And the shining future was here at last
Nobody loses, everybody wins
When that gambling money come rolling in
But I never did see no motherlode
Now I’m standing on the shoulder
Of casino roadSaw the man talking on the TV screen
Said you can put your faith in the ace, king, and queen
I drove down there, I had a twenty-dollar bill
The liquor was free, and I had my fill
I was a richer man when the rooster crowed
Driving home from casino roadSeven come eleven daddy needs a friend
Ain’t been home since I don’t know when
One good hand, and I’m never coming back again . . .Now the years go by and the cars go past
They got the white-wall tires, they got the black tinted glass
The wheel of fortune spins around and around
And the people keep laying their money down
But luck’s as fickle as the wind that blows
Dust down the blacktop of casino roadwritten by: Kevin Gordon/Gwil Owen, ©2005
(Little Rain Music(BMI)/Turgid Tunes(BMI))
5/ Joe Light
6/ 24 Diamonds
7/ Something Heavy
8/ Make It Good
9/ Flowers
Reverend John was an upstanding preacherman
Sang tenor in a gospel band
They were driving home on a Saturday night
Last thing he saw was a drunk’s headlights
Now his wife ties roses to a wooden cross
At the place by the highway where her man was lost
Look, look at those flowers
Look, remember them well
Look, look at those flowers
Every rose petal’s got a tale to tell
Jody Brown was a hard working family man
Made a good living with his own two hands
Started in drinking when they closed the mill
Went a little left of center coming over the hill
Now his wife ties roses to a wooden cross
At the place by the highway where her man was lost
Look, look at those flowers
Look, remember them well
Look, look at those flowers
Every rose petal’s got a tale to tell
So tired, so many miles to go–
I’m just trying to get home
So tired, so dark out on the road
I’m just trying to get home
written by: Kevin Gordon/Gwil Owen, ©2005
(Little Rain Music(BMI)/Turgid Tunes(BMI))
10/ Calhoun
Calhoun, Calhoun,
drunk on her memory
and the way things can’t be no more
Calhoun, Calhoun,
hey man, can’t you stand up–
the ceiling’s too far from the floorDrinking a tall one, playing Janis Joplin
Over and over on the old console
Round and round the record spins
Your poor mind twists and bends
You’re stumbling through a fire long gone coldThere’s a picture on the wall
She’s the one who loved you
Pretty red hair, copper-colored in the sun
But that sun’s done gone down
Ain’t been seen around this town
And the time for regret is long doneCalhoun, Calhoun,
Drunk on her memory
And the way things can’t be again
Calhoun, in your room,
Bare bulb in the mirror
You can’t recognize your old friendwritten by: Kevin Gordon/Colin Linden, ©2005
(Little Rain Music(BMI)/Colin Linden Publishing/(SOCAN))
11/ Crazy Mixed-up World
12/ Heart’s Not In It
