8 January 2007
Show me the way (to the hoe down)
Posted by nate under: song .
This was first recorded about 3 years ago when my brother was visiting from Shanghai. I recorded a guitar and vocal and then he sang the harmony. I found the file a few weeks ago and re-recorded my guitar and vocal (changed some lyrics while I was at it) and added a mandolin and drums. Luckily the original was to a click track so I was able to sync it all up with my brothers harmonies, which I recall he wasn’t totally happy with, but he’s in China now so what’s he gonna do about it? Actually his harmony is probably what saves the song for me. D is my favorite key, but songs I wrote awhile back are now getting a little low for me – which is sometimes kind of a cool way to sing cause you can’t really power through it and you have to relax your voice a bit and generally that means i’m singing with more air in my lungs which takes a bit of the grating quality away. Which I doubt anyone would miss.
Show me the way, I wanna go home,
But I don€™t know, which way to go
Show me the way, I wanna go home,
But I don€™t know which way, which way to go
Stars in the country shine so bright
Shine all you want, still the dead of night
Stars in the country shine so bright
Shine for me which way, which way to go
Gas in the tank and dust in the air
Driving there fast, but I€™m not sure where
Gas in the tank and dust in the air
Driving me which way, which way to go
Memory of a blond girl, memory of those eyes
Reminds of our love, holds me to the ties
Memory of a blond girl, memory of those eyes
Reminds me which way, which way to go