Crooked Road Song Notes – Crazy Rain

This next year will be a year of “firsts”. This song imagines myself up north on a perfect summer’s evening, fishing for the first time, forever without my friend. I tried to invest it with meaning without being too maudlin. Paul said that he thought it was impossible to cast your line into the water and be a pessimist. “It’s an act of faith.” For me, fishing is a metaphor for how Paul lived.

CRAZY RAIN

Performed on the CD The Crooked Road released by Cordova Bay Records (Oct 19, 2010)

Martin Worthy-Lead Vocal-Drums
Rebecca Campbell-Harmony Vocal
Stuart Laughton-Pedal Steel-Harmony Vocals Teddy Leonard-Elec. Guitar Chas Elliott-Bass Guitar Chris Brown-Hammond Organ
Composer – M.Worthy
Publisher – Cordova Bay Music Publishing- Pork Belly Music

LYRICS

Verse:
A perfect day sittin’ by the river
the sky’s a sea of blue
A gentle breeze blows across the water
I feel the ghost of you
The glory of creation is laying out in all it’s grace
But there’s this crazy rain
Runnin’ down my face

Verse:
I cast my line out into the water
Just like we used to do
An act of faith, that’s what you said
Can’t help but think of you
The sun in splendor sinking down
All that’s fine and good is in it’s place
But there’s this crazy rain
Runnin’ down my face, down my face

Bridge:
What’s gone is gone, what’s done is done
That’s some folks point of view
But when you think you’re done with the past
It’s not done with you

Verse:
Twilight falls along the shore
The stars they spark and wink
I’ll just sit a little more
And think and think and think
About the mystery of creation
How the days can disappear without a trace
‘Cept for this crazy rain, still this crazy rain, oh this crazy rain

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Crooked Road Song Notes – Can’t Find My Way

For the longest time after his divorce, every song Paul wrote was about the dissolution of his marriage. Only Paul could write such a happy sounding song about being so sad…

Listen to an excerpt from the song >> Can’t Find My Way Back  (Excerpt)

CAN’T FIND MY WAY – LYRICS

Sitting in a bar, drinking in a bar
Wondering how the hell you are
My new best friends have all gone home
But that’s okay, I kinda want to be alone.

I can’t find my way back to you
Doesn’t seem to be nothin’ I can do
A hundred lies would all have to be true
And I can’t find my way back to you

Driving in a car, tryin’ to see how far I can go
On a single tank and a cheap cigar
Every town I pass looks a lot like my home
Feel like I’m livin’ in the twilight zone
I can’t find my way….

I’m in an old hotel, I like old hotels
Despite the way they look and the way they smell
Tomorrow may bring a small shaft of light
But if it doesn’t, ah hell that’s alright

I can’t find my way………

CREDITS

Composer – P.Quarrington
Publisher – Cordova Bay Music Publishing- Pork Belly Music
Martin Worthy-Lead Vocal-Drums
Rebecca Campbell-Harmony Vocal-Ac.Guitar
Stuart Laughton-Pedal Steel-Harmony Vocals
Teddy Leonard-Elec. Guitars Chas Elliott-Bass Guitar
Chris Brown-Hammond Organ
Megan Worthy-Harmony Vocals

Performed on the CD The Crooked Road released by Cordova Bay Records (Oct 19, 2010)
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Western Tour Revisited #3

When you’re out touring from one end of this country to the other, you can’t help but be stunned by the range and diversity of experiences. For a born and bred urbanite, I was struck by this sign on the front lobby door of a hotel in downtown Castlegar, BC.

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