Just called to say, “I’m Coming Home Today.
If I make it, well, I sure hope that you can stay.
If not, please just go your own way.
I’ll see you out there, out in the middle of everything.”
Like the moth to the flame, I’ll stoke the fire.
Like the lamb to the lion, I’ll soon retire.
Keep your eyes on the prize.
Pry them open wide.
Plant your feet in the ground
and thrust your head up to the skies.
We’ll let these clouds pass us by.
Still haven’t learned to fly,
but it never hurt to try,
well I guess that’s a lie,
you’ve got to learn to fall
before you can sit up high;
and have a look at your Life,
thinking to yourself,
“Damn.
I’m doing a good job.”
When I get bigger, I’ll grow up to be a Redwood,
got a couple thousand years to get my head good,
and done up right.
It’s looking good from here,
sitting pretty in the Moonlight.
I finally found the Forest for the leaves,
and I can see the Sea
through the Manzanita trees.
Oh, geez.
I’m pretty pleased to be me.
Ain’t got a worry in the World
other than whether I’m going to get some sleep.
Or not.
I’ll just take the dog for a walk
out looking for my flock
so I can count some sheep.
Still trying to reach One.
Been out all night again,
hoping to catch the Sun.
Like the moth to the flame, I’ll stoke the fire.
Like the lamb to the lion, I’ll soon retire.
Just called to say, “I’m Coming Home Today.
If I make it, well, I sure hope that you can stay.
If not, please just go your own way.
I’ll see you out there, out in the middle of everything.”
credits
from Space Bound,
released March 9, 2019
Brandon B Barker – Bass / Vocals
Rob Drayna – Guitar / Vocals
Tim Ouburg – Piano / Organ / Wurlitzer
Max Webb – Guitar
Wyatt Richards – Drums
Dan Muir – Percussion
Dave Terran – Trumpet
Sterling Wootton – Saxophone (Tenor)
John Flanders – Saxophone (Soprano, Tenor, Baritone) / Flute
Recorded at Man vs. Music
by Mike Sasich and Greg Shaw
Mixed and Mastered by Mike Sasich
Artwork by Joel Bender
On their latest LP, the Virginia group offer a sizzling array of funk and jazz grooves, with one foot in the past and the other in the future. Bandcamp Album of the Day Sep 16, 2020
