Walking cross our old bridge in the snow
How it looks from an age long ago
Down the ridge where the creek used to flow
Time moves fast but the past burns slow
And breathing is the only sound
I’m hearing in this lonely town
I’m tired of the lost and found
I’m turned around
And almost headed for the tracks
What a fool to let you go
Lonely jester sitting on his little throne
But I was in a blizzard of my own
Trying to love was squeezing blood from a stone
And freedom was the only sound
You were hearing in this lonely town
I was tired of the lost and found
We're upside down
And now I’m dodging all the cracks
Oh Mary
You were there at the start
You were the beat of my heart
Yeah Mary
You were a shot in the dark
You were the beat of my heart
Underneath the street lamp's glow
Silhouette and I regret you had to go
But even then I wouldn’t forego
One single minute of the love we’ve known
I’m standing here on holy ground
I’m still here in this one horse town
And everything I lost you found
You turned me around
But now I’m underneath the axe
Oh Mary
You were there at the start
You were the beat of my heart
Yeah Mary
You were a shot in the dark
You were the beat in my heart
credits
from Love Travels Light,
released January 7, 2021
Words and Music - King Commoner
Guitars and Keyboards - King Commoner
Bass Guitar - Billy Edwin
Drums - Hubert Payne
Lead Electric Guitar - Nii
Vocal Engineering - Claire Morison
Mixing and Mastering - Brandon Bankes
Recorded in my dining room and at Bedrock.LA in Echo Park
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