Cowgirl Blues by katie ellen
“there’s just one thing in life that’s better than happiness and that’s freedom. it’s better to be free than to be happy.” -sissy hankshaw
today I am grateful for the history that has delivered me to this moment.
I accept its validity, its lesson.
I make space for it in my heart.
I don’t challenge but rather embrace it and its significance to my personhood.
but I also accept the process of closure, the ability to renew, to let go.
I free myself.
today is the first day of the rest of my life.
I will be deliberate and unafraid, discerning and kind.
I will not live under the umbrella of shame.
I will not accept responsibility for your feelings or your bullshit.
I will say no and be taken seriously.
I will not let anyone make me feel small.
I will be gracious and ask for what I need.
I will never apologize for being an emotional creature.
I will be proud when my thighs touch, when my belly is soft.
I will love who I want to, identify as I want to, be as loud or as quiet as I want to.
I will be whole.
I will live my truth, in kindness, in gratitude, in compassion and strength as a free, forward-thinking cowgirl, riding with purpose, tall in my stride, living like the wind in the depths of the desert.
and I will sing the blues
as I damn well please.
Tracklist
| 1. | drawing room | 4:14 |
| 2. | wild heart | 2:07 |
| 3. | lucy stone | 2:11 |
| 4. | tv dreams | 2:21 |
| 5. | proposal | 1:54 |
| 6. | sad girls club | 3:36 |
| 7. | han | 2:50 |
| 8. | houses into homes | 2:14 |
| 9. | cowgirl blues | 3:02 |
| 10. | bleeding heart | 4:18 |
Credits
Anika Pyle – Vocals, Guitars
Anthony Tinnirella – Guitars
Dan Frelly – Drums
Eric Sheppard – Vocals, Bass
All songs written by Anika Pyle
Produced by Katie Ellen and Kyle Pulley
Recorded at Headroom Studios in Philadephia, PA by Kyle Pulley
with assistance from Mark Watter and Dash Flach
Additional recording by Eric Sheppard
Mixed by Eric Sheppard in Brooklyn, NY
Mastered by Josh Harris at Smith Lee Productions
Cover Design by Anika Pyle
