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Fathers and sons... It's always complicated. I played pedal steel on this track, trying to get close to the tone of Lloyd Green on the Lil' Darlin era Johnny Paycheck sides...We wound up somewhere else, but I still dig it.
lyrics
Like a Lion
My old man he came in like a lion
He ain’t going out like a lamb
Most days now I get so tired of trying
I’m just doing the best I can
I knelt, I rang the bells I poured the wine
Professed my faith at least a thousand times
But I always hedged my bet,
it ain’t done nothing for me yet
Crossed my fingers, crossed my heart, crossed the line
My old man he came in like a lion
He ain’t going out like a lamb
Most days now I get so tired of trying
I’m just doing the best I can
I headed west to leave myself behind
It’s a tricky thing to slip the ties that bind
You know that blood’s a heavy thing,
there’s a sadness it can bring
Not a day goes by when it don’t cross my mind
Give me silence give me sleep
Soft and gentle dark and deep
When I wake I’ll have nothing to outrun
At the end of the day
I might think I know what to say
But words can’t change the things we know we’ve done
I tried to see the world in black and white
So simple, cut and dried, just wrong and right
Now all that’s certain fades away
All I see are shades of gray
I keep an open heart and hold on tight
My old man he came in like a lion
He ain’t going out like a lamb
All these years he just keeps trying
He’s just doing the best he can
I’m just trying to be like my old man
credits
from 24th Street Blues,
released October 6, 2023
Recorded by Mike Coykendall at Blue Rooms, Portland OR
Additional recording by Adam Rossi at AR Audio, San Francisco, CA
and Doug Hilsinger Mobile Rig at Bohemian Neglect HQ, San Francisco, CA
Mixed by Scott Hirsch at Echo Magic, Ojai, CA
Mastered by John Greenham at Clearlight, Los Angeles, CA
Tom Heyman vocals, acoustic guitar, pedal steel guitar
Rusty Miller bass, organ, percussion
Mike Coykendall drums
Greg Loiacono vocals
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
Soulful guitar interplay form the heart of this lovely Americana collaboration from Dave Alvin and Jimmie Dale Gilmore. Bandcamp New & Notable Mar 2, 2018
Just saw Chuck & the Mission Express on Mountain Stage in Charleston, WV. Huge fan. Favorite track, the one he killed on stage there. "Who put the bomp in the bomp shooby doddy bomp?" (shout your answer here) Lance Carney
