This week's assignment:
"Write a song that you would use for your current performance vessel (your band or whatever) but make it about a road trip in the United States."
lyrics
Tell me what was I thinking
When I started the van
Wouldn't say I was leaving
Wouldn't say that I ran
As the day turns to nighttime
You watch the scenery change
Burn through another state line
But can't remember the name
There is a cost to everything
So you'd better believe what you sing
All is not lost, you're still the king
Of the stars & the sky & the cars passing by
Living life on a string
I sleep better while we're moving
Believe that's the truth
Didn't know what we were doing
When we rode on the roof
Loaded up on beer & coffee
In the great northwest
How I came down crashing softly
That's anybody's guess
There is a cost to everything
So you'd better believe what you sing
All is not lost, you're still the king
Of the stars & the sky & the cars passing by
Living life on a string
This is everybody's story
Whether you know it or not
Lots of guts and little glory
And it's never gonna stop
There is a cost to everything
So you'd better believe what you sing
All is not lost, you're still the king
Of the stars & the sky & the cars passing by
Got your wheels on the road
Don't know where you will go
Living life on a string
Jody Stephens of Big Star and Luther Russell of the Freewheelers team for a radiant LP packed full of slide guitar and pop smarts. Bandcamp New & Notable Sep 11, 2019