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These Old Roots

by The Honey Dewdrops

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1.
Amaranth 03:13
The Honey Dewdrops - Amaranth Water rising up in the love-lies-bleeding bed And me oh my standing by, hanging down my head I know my old roots are gonna give out on me Before any love will come and visit with me So many years I waited all violet and red Time’s wound up around me like the vines over the bed Waited for love, my years reached and fell And bled out from me, no time left to tell Love lies bleeding for a long, long time I am the Amaranth, my color never fades But the crimson touch of my youth, never really stays I should be content to be here for so long Now I’m old and all alone, wish that I were gone One red bloom, then the rest, there’re always more It’s only some flowers, wish I’d something more Wish I’d something more that I could give Something more than time and a fixed red tinge Love lies bleeding for a long, long time
2.
The Honey Dewdrops - Test of Time Hey Baby, the livin’s easy enough got you giving me all your love There’s just sometimes, we have to weather the storm I’d give everything I got so we can’t be torn Hey Honey, what could I do without you? You’ve got me spinning ‘round in circles all night through When times are hard, got me thinkin’ ‘bout the days gone by I remember why we’re together ‘til the day we die What a fickle thing to feel inside When your other half isn’t along for the ride The lies you told, the fights you fought, they ain’t no crime ‘cause you’ve got the love that stands the test of time Sugar, Sugar, you give me sugar all the time You give me something sweet to ease my troubled mind When I get lonesome, ‘cause you’re making me feel blue All I need is the sweetest love I ever knew What a fickle thing to feel inside When your other half isn’t along for the ride The lies you told, the fights you fought, they ain’t no crime ‘cause you’ve got the love that stands the test of time ‘cause you’ve got the love that stands the test of time
3.
The Honey Dewdrops - Nobody in This World Ain’t nobody in this world to follow me down, Lord, to follow me down Ain’t nobody in this world to follow me down I used to sleep good at night with my good man holding me tight The only place I ever wanted to be Then one morning his arms let go for no reason that I know And I felt something die inside of me Ain’t nobody in this world to follow me down, Lord, to follow me down Ain’t nobody in this world to follow me down Ain’t nobody in this world to follow me down, Lord, to follow me down Ain’t nobody in this world to follow me down Day and night for weeks on end took a bottle for my only friend Good intoxicating company I got so mean all the time, trying to please my troubled mind My friends don’t come around to see about me Ain’t nobody in this world to follow me down, Lord, to follow me down Ain’t nobody in this world to follow me down Ain’t nobody in this world to follow me down, Lord, to follow me down Ain’t nobody in this world to follow me down Drowned my sorrow far too long, ‘cause my good man did me wrong I ain’t gonna move or make a sound Each bottle has gone empty and put me out of this misery Ain’t nobody in this world to follow me down Ain’t nobody in this world to follow me down, Lord, to follow me down Ain’t nobody in this world to follow me down Ain’t nobody in this world to follow me down, Lord, to follow me down Ain’t nobody in this world to follow me down Ain’t nobody in this world to follow me down, Lord, to follow me down Ain’t nobody in this world to follow me down
4.
The Honey Dewdrops - Goodbye and Farewell If it pleased me I’d promise you To ever and ever yours be But I’ll tell you truly I’m not made for you to please, I’m not made for you to please My restless eyes, how they stray There’s another in my mind Please know I never meant To do you any unkind, to do you any unkind So goodbye and farewell, I’m going away There are words my tongue can’t say For I found you can never suit me And happy here, I cannot stay Linger now, for I know I can change your mind For love and money, I’ve more Than any man you can find, than any man you can find And if your mind don’t sway Your life I’ll take right here Won’t let you leave me darling For another man to call you dear, for another man to call you dear Now goodbye and farewell, have both given way There are words my tongue can’t say For one way or another darling Forever mine you will stay My mind will never change And death I do not fear I’ll not be your darling I’ll never call you dear, I’ll never call you dear Your love you would kill Die I rather would Than to live and never know A life free and good, a life free and good Now goodbye and farewell have both given way There are words my tongue can’t say But I’ll tell you truly, truly Forsaken now you must stay
5.
The Honey Dewdrops - Can’t Get a Letter from Home Can’t get a letter from home Can’t get a letter from home Train’s down the track, can’t get it back Can’t get a letter from home Darling, don’t you know that’s wrong Darling, don’t you know that’s wrong You love another girl, but you don’t love me Darling, don’t you know that’s wrong Darling, sidetrack your girl Darling, sidetrack your girl Sidetrack your girl, come go with me I’m sure gonna treat you right Can’t get a letter from home Can’t get a letter from home Train’s down the track, can’t get it back Can’t get a letter from home
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Sweet Heaven 03:04
The Honey Dewdrops - Sweet Heaven Sweet heaven, sweet heaven, where can you be How long do I have to wait, to rest my head and peaceful lay One more day, one more day How long do I have to wait Sweet heaven, sweet heaven, where can you be Say you know, say you know, but you don’t show me where Up the golden stairs to the pearly gate I’d climb me up and get away And get me far away from here, and get me far away from here Say you know, say you know, but you don’t show me where Everybody, everywhere, all I can see Looking up high, way down low Where’s sweet heaven, they want to know Everywhere, all the people I see, looking around endlessly Everybody, everywhere, it’s all I can see Sweet heaven, sweet heaven, where can you be Sweet heaven, sweet heaven, where can you be
7.
The Honey Dewdrops - Waiting on You The time we shared so sweet ain’t sweet no more And trying to work it out, don’t work at all Each day is a sour fruit too long on the vine So let’s stop dreaming that it’ll all be fine Say you got a tender heart, say you got a gentle hand You told me a lot of things, and I’ve tried to understand Each day you need another day, you can make it up to me I’m always waiting on you, I just want to be free The years I spent with you weren’t all that bad And just didn’t get the love I need to have I been faithful, giving and patient all the while You ran around and told me a thousand lies Say you got a tender heart, say you got a gentle hand You told me a lot of things, and I’ve tried to understand Each day you need another day, you can make it up to me I’m always waiting on you, I just want to be free This is no surprise, been coming on So I won’t make you wait or tell you wrong Living with you makes my heart ache So take back this ring, means nothing anyway Say you got a tender heart, say you got a gentle hand You told me a lot of things, and I’ve tried to understand Each day you need another day, you can make it up to me I’m always waiting on you, I just want to be free I’m always waiting on you, I just want to be free
8.
The Honey Dewdrops - Only You Can Know While I’m away play my favorite song, “I’ll See You in My Dreams” and “Miss You All Day Long” Maybe “I’ll Remember April” or “Over the Rainbow” and I can always find you wherever you go I’ll listen so close, all the tensions that play, over and over and over again When I’m asleep play my old guitar, the dry old wood, the clean honest heart The notes to play to keep away the bitter night ghost, point like a heart song, the melody close The cinder vibrations impossible to see, and help me to rest all night If I get lost, wear my old boots ‘round, in the sweet, sweet woods, the creek running down The swollen, peppered pine holds the ice so tight, the moss frozen hard, air thin and light Only you can know the fine, fine path, we been down so many times together All the cowboy songs you started to sing about the goldmine in the sky and all them things If the rainbows over the range stretch out so far and burn like the first light of morning
9.
The Honey Dewdrops - Way Back When Way back when, way back when Heard a wild cat scream, heard the treetops moan When it was midnight on the lone mountain In the midnight, way back when I seen, oh I seen The rough hawk flying, gone round and round And me a laying on the cold, cold ground Laying there, what I seen Sara, Sara All I can give, all I can do Never be enough for a girl like you Like you, Sara So I’ll go, so I’ll go Way up the highlands, as far as I can And never come down from the lone mountain Up the mountain, where I’ll go Up the mountain, where I’ll go
10.
The Honey Dewdrops - That Good Old Way That good old way’s out before me That good old road going up to glory And I know, yes I know I’m traveling now I’m going down that good old way So many ways, you can travel down But only one is heaven bound Better look for that good old way If you’re lost and you just can’t find Forgiveness and peace of mind Better get on that good old way That good old way’s out before me That good old road going up to glory And I know, yes I know I’m traveling now I’m going down that good old way The prophets all said it’s true There’s a better way for me and you And it’s all about that good old way When you hear them sing and shout Let go of fear and doubt Then you’re on that good old way That good old way’s out before me That good old road going up to glory And I know, yes I know I’m traveling now I’m going down that good old way

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released August 11, 2010

Recorded live in Richmond, VA.
Engineered, mixed and mastered by the Honey Dewdrops

Laura Wortman - Lead Vocals, Rhythm Guitar, Lead Guitar on "Can't Get a Letter from Home" and "That Good Old Way"

Kagey Parrish - Harmony Vocals, Lead Guitar, Mandolin

Barry Lawson - Bass on "That Good Old Way"

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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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