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Dwight Yoakam Sings (August)

from Home Sessions (Raw Singles) Volume 5 by Daniel Dye

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During the dreariness of the government's attempted lockdown I went to a Dwight Yoakam concert with my buddies Jake and and Joe and was moved by the tunes, old friendships, and seeing others' faces and the movement of the crowd throughout the arena.

I drove home alone in the dark through empty fields and began thinking about how being outside and planting lots of trees throughout 2020 and 2021 was kinda life saving, and this song came out.

Lots more can be said about this song, but I'd rather have a face-to-face conversation about it, if anyone is interested.

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Up on the mountain another dogwood dies
And down in the valley a coyote cries
And out on the highway I can hear its lonesome sound
Driving from that city where they beat me down, down, down

And all the people walk and talk about
Things that make you twist
Things that make you shout
But there’s a forest floor
And a river’s edge
And a starry night
Deep inside my head

And in a dark arena Dwight Yoakam sings
About forgotten spaces, forgotten everything
And somewhere in his heartache there’s a silver line
What takes away your trust will give you one more rhyme, rhyme, rhyme

And all the people walk and talk about
Things that make you twist
Things that make you shout
But there’s a forest floor
And a river’s edge
And the smell of rain
Deep inside my head

And here in the west I watch freedom die
But somewhere in the east I hear a freedom cry
And up there in the north the ice it melts away
But down in the south it’s growing day by day by day

All the people walk and talk about
Things that make you twist
Things that make you shout
But there’s a forest floor
And a river’s edge
And a blue jay call
Deep inside my head
There’s a forest floor
And a river’s edge
Deep inside my head
And a starry night
There’s a forest floor
And a river’s edge
And the smell of rain
Deep inside my head…

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from Home Sessions (Raw Singles) Volume 5, released December 2, 2022

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Daniel Dye writes "powerful short stories through simply beautiful lyrics" (WYSO Public Radio) and this "extraordinary singer-songwriter" and the classically-trained Miller Road Band have an "Americana/Folk/Roots" sound that "takes you back in time" (Buckeye Music Magazine) ... more

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