Alabama Calling from Morning Shift by Steep Canyon Rangers
Graham Sharp: I had written most of this song years ago and forgotten about it. Mike Ashworth noticed it on a b-roll video from the show eTown. Him and I were sitting in the dressing room, playing it on bass and guitar. He texted me one day with a link to it and the question: “What is this?”
Tracklist
| 9. | Alabama Calling | 3:37 |
Lyrics
Anna Lee, what's in your past
The little town that you've outgrown
You just laugh when someone asks
When's the last time you've been home
The fact that you were one of us
Ain’t as bad as knowing that you still are
You sat beside me on that bus
But I never thought you'd ride this far
Alabama's calling, Alabama's calling
Alabama's dragging you down
Alabama's calling, Alabama's calling
Alabama's dragging you down
She needs you now
She needs you now
You always knew how to make a scene
You're the queen of righteousness
Anything to keep your conscience clean
But you sure did leave an awful mess
Wasn't what you told yourself
Hard as hell to believe your eyes
From your heaven all the angels fell
And left you in your lonely sky
Alabama's calling, Alabama's calling
Alabama's dragging you down
Alabama's calling, Alabama's calling
Alabama's dragging you down
She needs you now
She needs you now
You were never one to hold your tongue
Always spoiling for a fight
Your daddy's girl since you were young
But what if you can't both be right
Alabama's calling, Alabama's calling
Alabama's dragging you down
Alabama's calling, Alabama's calling
Alabama's dragging you down
She needs you now
She needs you now
Credits
2023 Yep Roc, LLC. All rights reserved.
Written by Graham Sharp
Enchanted Barn Publishing (ASCAP) administered by Seed Soup Songs (ASCAP)
Mike Guggino: mandolin
Mike Ashworth: dobro
Aaron Burdett: guitar, lead vocals, harmony vocals
Nicky Sanders: fiddle
Barrett Smith: bass
Graham Sharp: harmonica
Darrell Scott: guitar
Produced by Darrell Scott
Engineered by Dave Sinko
Recorded at Inn Bat Cave - Bat Cave, NC
Mastered by Richard Dodd
License
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Steep Canyon Rangers have spent two decades bending and shaping bluegrass, wedding it to pop, country, folk rock, and more to create something original and all their own. The genre-defying band has developed a remarkable catalog of original music that links them to the past while at the same time, demonstrates their ambitious intent to bring string-based music into contemporary relevance.