Leave my cares by the open door,
Feel the flow and my spirit soar,
Soon I’m in the clouds high above this town
See the streets softly mist away,
Turn my face to the icy spray
And I can’t recall how to get back down
When it’s been a long time coming
This life I’m loving,
Oh, it’s been a long time coming
As the chains start to leave my mind
I feel it play as it moves in time
With a natural tone, just like I was a child
All alone, no one around,
On a boat in a sea of sound
And if I cut the chord, I could drift for miles and miles…
In a long time coming
This life I’m loving,
Oh, it’s been a long time coming.
Well, whatever don’t kill me makes me stronger,
I think I want to live just a little while longer,
Catch my breath, keep a hold, and come back swinging
As myself, no one else, no one else.
I’m on a train, a familiar track
Stow my guitar in the luggage rack,
Then I find a seat, further down the car
And as I sit and watch the world go by
I find the time stop and wonder why,
How, where, what, wherefore… just who we are
In a long time coming
This life I’m loving,
Oh, it’s been a long time coming
In this life our bodies break
But the mind alone does a person make
So catch your breath, keep a hold and come back swinging
As yourself
And from the breakfast break to the tea-time-teeter
While we’re watching the clock there’s no one feeding the meter
So catch your breath, keep a hold and come back swinging
As yourself
So whatever don’t kill you makes you stronger
You say you want to live a little while longer?
Catch your breath keep a hold, and come back swinging
As yourself, no one else, no one else
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They really sound like they're having a ball letting their creativity run wild here. Sometimes when I listen to it I just marvel and laugh at how brilliant this album is. The variety of collaborating artists makes for an eclectic sound indeed. (Seriously, Dress You Up sounds NOTHING like H&S - in a really good way.) At the same time H&S are definitely the glue that holds this thing together, meaning the overall sound is not only eclectic, but solid and cohesive. Amy S.
On “Meet Me By the River,” Dawn Landes’s self-described “Nashville record,” buoyant country melodies settle deep into lush instrumentation. Bandcamp New & Notable May 7, 2018