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Back​-​Road Highways

by Chastity Brown

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1.
Try to find the words man, think about the government Got your shoe tied wrong when, try to get that run in Gotta get to breathin, try to catch that clean air I’m just looking for a resting place trying to catch my wind Who set the fire cause the house been burnin’ Who set the fire cause the house been burnin Trying to find out but my head keep turning Who set the fire cause the house been burnin Hearing all the voices, lifted up in chorus when They’re lifted high above the flame But there’s one that’s in the crowd Whose voice been singled out Cause it’s been broken, its been strained Oh just listen to him now As he’s breakin all his chains! Chorus Now don’t be scared love, Just do what you got..cause You know everybody’s been waitin' on you No don’t be scared love, just do what you got cause You gotta do what you gotta do Chorus
2.
Grab my shirt and a pack a smokes Headin out don’t know where to go Just gonna let the west wind lead Now I’m driving down a dirt road Out in the middle and I’m all alone But there’s bound to be a change in me When I make it through When I make it through Things will be different Caught the eyes of a stranger’s face Felt connected in the strangest way Her babe he was laying on her knee The bill collector, he came by today Boarded up what they couldn’t pay Her heart was set on which way when they leave I couldn’t handle what I thought I saw Lit a cigarette and took a draw She grabbed his hand and said to him When we make it through When we make it through Things will be different You’ve been waiting on a phone call From your baby wishing on a star But the night is dark and it ain’t clear And that’s the way when your vision’s blurred In your pain you just reach for her Feel the calm coming over you When you make it through When you make it through Things will be different
3.
Solely 03:56
You were on your way up I was on my way down When I passed you my hand I did raise like the old time You were on your way to the land of the bible Where they tell you to kneel down and pray It was solely, solely for me I called my friend and asked him Said where did you take him, where did you lay him I wanted to see So I grabbed him some flowers, grabbed him some daisies Some things I would have done as a kid It was solely, solely for me Had a day to get there So I took my sweet time and drove through the valleys Drove through the plains Pulled up at mid-night the light was still on I found myself between the stain and the frame It was solely, solely for me
4.
After You (free) 05:04
Now we're going to the place we’re headed to when I was after you And you stand right there I just grab your hand Pray ya feel it too Now we’re in the car Going to the place That you say you're from And the land stretches out it goes for miles and miles to the setting sun And we walk right up to The place we’re headed to When I’ve been after you Now we’re headed home The place we finally know As our own And you lay your head Right beside my head Pray ya feel it too Now we’re going to The place we’re headed to When I’ve was after you
5.
I Left Home 04:48
When I left my home this morning You know I didn’t even cry When I left my home, you know I didn’t even cry I just bowed my head Felt like bees were in my eyes Guess I’ll head on down the road Just to see what I can find Head on down the road, see what I can find Gotta be some work on round here Lord, I’m gonna lose my mind Well now I got me a fancy suit And I’ve got me a dress to wear Put on my dancin’ shoes Get caught out in the midnight air Lord knows I done spent my blood and sweat and all of my tears When I left my home this morning You know I began to cry When I left my home this morning, sho’nuff I began to cry Got to thinkin bout what I done did to get here It makes me wanna die
6.
Leroy 05:01
Heard there was a secret land that when you saw the sun It just stretched out for miles and miles And when the pasture turned And when the grass bent You felt yourself connected right between them Chorus: Oh now Leroy I need you to get up I need you to get ready, we’re leaving in the morn Oh now Leroy I need you to trust me Where we’re headed I’ve never seen before And I heard there was a strangers face That when you saw his eyes You felt like you had been there Like you met in another time And there is a well That you can draw from Yeh you can drink the water And we can be together Chorus And if I can’t cross the ocean If I cannot climb the mount And I cannot hold the shapeless in my hand But I can try to lift it up Chorus
7.
Lift Us 03:45
I was heading down a road Going nowhere But I didn’t even know Ya know I didn’t even care But along the way Came a word I was needing to hear Chorus: Love can lift us Oh love real love Love can lift us Talkin ‘bout love real love So you say you’re all alone Drowning in a sea of people I will throw you a rope Pull you to shore So you can feel this Chorus Talkin bout love If you’ve ever been on the floor Aint go no where to go Just lookin up keep lookin up Chorus
8.
Round the corner there’s a little wall A little place I go to think and hide from it all And up above in the maple tree, birds come to rest and find what they need But you can look between the branches And you gaze up at the sky Chorus: And it must have been a Saturday But it could have been a Sunday morn It doesn’t matter anyway That’s all that I know (2x) Sister Mary gonna stand up She gonna tell about the week she had How the lord came through when she needed him Now Bobby gonna sit in the back And Bobby gonna think to himself This ain’t for me I’m gonna find something that is Chorus Bobby said I went for a walk and I looked up Hallelujah lord I need ya hal-le-lu-jah Chorus
9.
Say It 04:11
How do you say it How do you say it How do you say what you’ve been meaning to say Would you look at you Standing with your head down Got a fist like a rebel and a heart of gold It just weights you down And I’ve been trying to Walk right on up Trying to get the words on out of my mouth Chorus Must’ve been the middle of the night Seem like a full moon It was the same outside as the place you hide Inside your room Your just a little boy Trying to be a big strong man Trying to be what he never saw And can’t seem to understand Chorus You just say it
10.
Slow Time 04:11
It’s a blue-eyed Sunday, morning, afternoon And I’m out here waiting for you to come on I like it when you say That you don’t believe what they tell us You’ll find your own questions And I like it when you say that I’m the kind that takes my slow time just thinkin’ So my words don't come out right when you need them I like it when you say That you don’t believe what they tell us You’ll find your own questions And I like it when you say that
11.
Lord if you let me Live one more day I’ll go and I’ll do what I never did Send out my love To all of my friends Oh lord if you let me, I’ll make amends And lord if you let me I’ll call cousin George And thank him, letting me crash there When I was on the road And I’ll tell him our blood Is purer than gold Oh lord if ya let me I’ll call cousin George And lord if ya let me I’ll go see my mom She’s there with my brother, her only son And I’ll tell her I’m grateful for all that she done Oh lord if ya let me I’ll go see my mom And lord if ya let me I’ll sing one last song Till my hands are all bleeding, and my voice is all gone And I’ll sing out my heart to this one last tune Oh lord if you let me I’ll sing them the blues

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released March 24, 2012

Produced and Mixed by Paul Buono
Creative and Co-Producer: Chastity Brown
Executive Producer and Co-Producer: Fred Cannon

Recorded at: Helsinki South - Franklin , TN
Studio 24 - Nashville, TN
Stone Room - Franklin, TN
Additional Engineering - Steve Bishir
Mastering - Greg Lukens

All songs written by Chastity Brown
Creative and Dreams Music Network Publishing/
Chastity Brown Music Publishing/BMI

‘House Been Burnin’- co-written with Paul Buono
Creative and Dreams Music Network Publishing/
Chastity Brown Music Publishing/Pollen Days Publishing/BMI

Chastity Brown - vocals/guitars/piano/banjo/harmonica
Robert Mulrennan - electric guitars/ backing vocals on tracks 2,4,5,7,8,9,10,11
Paul Buono - bass/guitars/programming/ backing vocals
Blair Masters - B3 organ/piano on 1,2,4,7,9,10,11
Bernard Bell - drums on 2,4,5,7,8,9,11
Anton Nesbitt - bass on 2,4,8
Kyle Whalum - bass on 7,9,11
Julia Johnson - violin on track 3

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Chastity Brown Minneapolis, Minnesota

Chastity channels songs that are borne deep in the American bone, the hunger, desperation and confidence that runs through our times. Coming from Tennessee to Minnesota, touring the country, she has had half her own lifetime and million lifetimes gone before to concoct her powerful combination of roots, soul, and blues. ... more

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