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Tangled Country

by The Honey Dewdrops

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1.
Same Old 04:21
The Honey Dewdrops - Same Old every morning same old sun comes up same old coffee same old coffee cup same old suit and shoes on my feet same old mirror sees through me same old songs static on the radio i sing along but i’m tired of how they go down the same road to work every day i’m getting lost i’m coming in late i’m ready to quit i want to sell the house and hit the road ’til the road runs out i been thinking i’m through thinking now friday night same old bar and grill same old beers drink our dollar bills every weekend same short and sweet same old hours give up on me we been walking round the same old blocks where the neighbors walk the same old dogs our same old house same old stuff i don’t know how to clean it up i’m ready to quit i want to sell the house and hit the road til the road runs out i been thinking i’m through thinking now same old me same old you same elephant in the same old room i’m ready to quit i want to sell the house and hit the road til the road runs out i been thinking i’m through thinking now
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The Honey Dewdrops - Loneliest Songs the loneliest songs are beautiful things the loneliest songs are the most beautiful things the onliest song i can sing is the loneliest the loneliest the loneliest every layer falls away every layer finally falls away every heart is made to break one day one day one day there’s something about the sound of the blues something ‘bout the sound of the lonesome blues stepping closer to the truth singing singing singing every song is sad everybody’s blue every song is sad and everybody’s blue you’re the same as me i’m the same as you we’re lonely lonely lonely lay down your thoughts and close your eyes lay down your thoughts and close your eyes if you feel the night, then feel the night lightless lightless lightless the loneliest songs are beautiful things the loneliest songs are the most beautiful things the onliest song i can sing is the loneliest the loneliest the loneliest
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Lowlands 03:55
The Honey Dewdrops - Lowlands the lowlands lay a long way down through tangled country, on foreign ground you’re caught off guard, when the road runs out your tank was full, but it’s empty now and you're broke down, you’re broke down, in a sad town and you ain’t going nowhere now the lowlands hold you with their heavy hands they make you sing the songs of the damned they lay you by a river of tears where you hear the thoughts you don’t want to hear when you're broke down, you’re broke down, in a sad town you ain’t going nowhere now the lowlands lay quiet and still you sleep all day but your rest don't fill your face won’t laugh, your mouth won't smile your eyes are full of empty miles when you're broke down, you’re broke down, in a sad town you ain’t going nowhere now you're a long way down in the long now you don't know how to get out now, no the lowlands lay out back and beyond you feel so far from where you belong the sorrow there, is raw and real you beg for mercy, you beg to heal when you're broke down, you’re broke down, in a sad town you ain’t going nowhere now oh, you’re broke down you’re broke down in a sad town you ain’t going nowhere now
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Horses 04:59
The Honey Dewdrops - Horses half broken horses are running through my head i try to tame them corral and contain them i try to put them all to bed but half broken horses never fall asleep bucking in their stalls kicking down the walls they fight like hell to get free they plead and plead don’t you break me please don’t break me take me how I am half-mean and wild fragile like a child with hopes and fears and blood running hot and fast take me how I am old worn out saddles bridles and bits in the mouth this little circle pen I’m hemmed and locked in has barely any room to move about reins and whips of leather flash and flutter all around commands loud and clear words that hurt to hear I fight like hell to keep them out so I shout and shout don’t you break me please don’t break me take me how I am half-mean and wild fragile like a child with hopes and fears and blood running hot and fast take me how I am don’t you break me please don’t break me take me how I am half-mean and wild fragile like a child with hopes and fears and blood running hot and fast take me how I am take me how I am
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The Honey Dewdrops - Fair Share Blues my father’s father, was a working man he fought in the war and he lived with that he drank and prayed, and he got the blues he never said nothing that wasn’t true he said my hands I do not own they’re made of sweat and blisters and bone they fight and build, they grip and strain they’re not bound like me by rest or pain you get the good days, and you get the blues you work and drink and sing and hurt and pray ‘cause that’s all you can do he said neither can I possess any of the air I take for breath each breath I take I must release nothing is mine to hold or keep he said my thoughts I cannot claim of heaven and hell and love and faith they were born long before I came they’ll outlive my weary old wrinkled brain you get the good days, and you get the blues you work and drink and sing and hurt and pray ‘cause that’s all you can do he said I’ve got my own fair share of guilt and fear and sad despair so I work and drink, I sing and pray and I cast my weary blues away you get the good days, and you get the blues you work and drink and sing and hurt and pray ‘cause that’s all you can do
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Hold Love 06:31
The Honey Dewdrops - Hold Love you come like wind you come like rain you’re hot and cold and made of change you come like the light of a good idea like silence comes to tired ears i know you or i think i do i hold you tight but you get loose hold love stop moving through my hands and through my heart far away down and dark hold love your eagle eyes search me out you hunt me up above the crowd you come untouched and unannounced like a secret breathes but makes no sound you come in traces spread and spare a little here and a little there hold love stop moving through my hands and through my heart far away down and dark hold love you come in peace you come in vain what you want with me you never say a restless friend you come and go with waves and forms i can’t hold hold love stop moving through my hands and through my heart far away down and dark hold love
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Young 04:16
The Honey Dewdrops - Young all my friends are hitched and having kids we don’t light up the late nights like we did so I get stoned alone in the flatscreen’s light with a hi-def Andy Griffith who don’t look right my friends are buying homes, they're settling down in tiny fixer uppers on the cheap side of town they buzz ‘bout roofing, floors and paint it’s all about money now and moving day drifting too far from the shore i’m out of touch, broke, and bored everything feels different than it used to feel before and I don’t feel so young anymore everybody wears skinny jeans walking the length of lonely street we got headphones and blue tooth voices on we talk out loud to no one, we walk alone i check the phone, i get online to see is anybody out there who wants me making friends on facebook ain’t that bad i got more friends there than I’ve ever had drifting too far from the shore i’m out of touch, broke, and bored everything feels different than it used to feel before and I don’t feel so young anymore another year turned round again to find me in the great in between where my old dreams don’t shine like they did now all my friends are hitched and having kids drifting too far from the shore i’m out of touch, broke, and bored everything feels different than it used to feel before and I don’t feel so young no I don’t feel so young anymore
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Numb 04:36
The Honey Dewdrops - Numb i’ve been numb to the pain for a while yes, i’ve been numb to it but i don’t care i’ll do whatever i can to give you a smile and to slow this pounding pain and despair i’ll take the sweet silence of the morning time to reset my thoughts for the day but the weight and the worry seem to filter through my mind i feel nothing since i’m numbing up again like a needle to the vein like a bottle’s just been drained i’m tuning out my brain letting go the insane i’m numbing up again you can’t know what i am and what i’m not hardened by this hard heart of stone you can never really tell if i’m cold or if i’m hot since those feelings left a long time ago i’m left at the end of my tether still fastened by darkness on a chain they say it takes time to beat the odds for better but for now i’m just numbing up again like a needle to the vein like a bottle’s just been drained i’m tuning out my brain letting go the insane i’m numbing up again i don’t look over my shoulder anymore or eye that clover growing in my way aint no fear, aint no luck can turn me toward that door since the nothing’s turned to numbing up again like a needle to the vein like a bottle’s just been drained i’m tuning out my brain letting go the insane i’m numbing up again i’m tuning out my brain letting go the insane i’m numbing up again
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Guitars 04:48
The Honey Dewdrops - Guitars we are born unto our own sapling seeds from old growth raised up tall and cut down low so we are, and so we go turned from home, handled, and hauled shaped and sanded, bent and sawed many hands and many years gone write every one our songs play we all true songs we sing them right we sing them wrong tuned up tightly and passed along like old guitars we breathe songs long to be held in arms and loved and played by heart days of light and days of dark all resolve the broken parts hands of old, hands of young hands of gentle, hands of rough every one with a song to teach some sing pain, some sing peace play we all true songs we sing them right we sing them wrong tuned up tightly and passed along like old guitars we breathe songs upon our faces many lines show traces of time like pen strokes words and changes and passing notes and scars where the skin broke play we all true songs we sing them right we sing them wrong tuned up tightly and passed along like old guitars we breathe songs we breathe songs
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Remington 03:40

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Written, recorded, mastered and designed in Baltimore, MD- Tangled Country is the 4th studio album from roots duo, The Honey Dewdrops. Produced by Nicholas Sjostrom and featuring Baltimore musicians Dave Hadley on pedal steel, E.J. Shaull-Thompson on drums and the producer himself on bass and piano, these 10 new, original songs are the culmination of 3 years of touring, moving away from a home and settling down in another, healing from a hand injury and navigating those ups and downs of "tangled country and foreign ground."

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released May 8, 2015

Produced by Nicholas Sjostrom
Engineered, mixed and mastered by Nicholas Sjostrom
Recorded at Clean Cuts Studio in Baltimore, MD
Album Design by Scott Dennison

KAGEY PARRISH- Vocals, Guitar, Mandolin
LAURA WORTMAN- Vocals, Guitar, Banjo, Harmonica
NICHOLAS SJOSTROM- Bass, Piano, Wurlitzer Piano
DAVE HADLEY- Pedal Steel
E.J. SHAULL-THOMPSON- Drums

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The Honey Dewdrops Baltimore, Maryland

Virginia born, Maryland based singer/songwriters Laura Wortman and Kagey Parrish make up the duo The Honey Dewdrops. They will release their seventh album, Light Behind Light, on April 15, 2022.

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