Gonna Get There Someday

I have to give it up to some awesome friends who have kept me extremely busy over the past few weeks. Anniversaries of significant events are always hard, especially when it's losing a parent, but it's getting easier. I'll be able to write about it all one of these days. 7 years and counting.

There's always a few songs that come to mind and hit a chord time and again. Friday night I went to a Dierks Bentley concert and it reminded me of this tune. He didn't sing it, but gives me a smile just to remember... I'm gonna get there some day.

Lyrics for Dierks Bentley "I'm Gonna Get There Some Day"
Well its been a year and there so much to tell

been doing alright in spite of myself

just wish i could stop feeling bad when i pray

But I know I'm gonna get there someday

Got that job I was dreaming about

sometimes its tough traveling around

but who i wanna be still seems so far away

but i know i'm gonna get there someday

glad i told you all i meant to

while i had the chance

cause every moment i had with you

made me who i am

by the way, i met someone new

and wouldn't you know, she's a whole lot like you

still i ain't ready to settle down in one place

but i know i'm gonna get there someday

well i guess i'll be movin on

i'll just leave these daisies by your stone

and momma, i still miss you every day

but i know i'm gonna get there someday

when that'll be, guess only God can say

but i know i'm gonna get there someday

Steeldrivers - "Where Rainbows Never Die" (Video)

I've always enjoyed a little bluegrass feel to my music. I love many of the tunes from Oh, Brother Where Art Thou, and Dierks Bentley has an awesome bluegrass infused album. The Steeldrivers are a group that really blend Country and Bluegrass well. They are more connected to Nashville artists, but I first heard them on my Texas music radio stations. The fiddle, banjo, mandolin, guitars, and vocals blend just right and hit this spot. This song "Where Rainbows Never Die" is probably one of their most popular, next to "If It Hadn't Been For Love", and my favorite so far. Guess it's a little change up from my normal Red Dirt and Texas Country tunes.

Lyrics for "Where Rainbows Never Die"

I'm an old man now
I can't do nothing
Young folks don't pay me no mind
But in my day I sure was something
Before I felt the heavy hand of time

I'm an old man now
I'm bound for glory
Time to lay these burdens down
Had enough of this old world of worry
Gonna trade my troubles for a crown

(Chorus)
I will make my way across the fields of cotton
And wade through muddy waters one last time
And in my dreams I come out clean
When I reach the other side
West of where the sun sets
Where rainbows never die

I've got on last thing to do
One more mile before I'm through
Casting off these earthly chains
Going where theres no more pain

(chorus)

I'm an old man now
Can't do nothing
Young folks don't pay me no mind

Jason Boland and the Stragglers - "Nine Times Out of Ten" Lyrics

Jason Boland always has been and always will be one of my favorite Red Dirt/Texas Country artists. There's a lot of truth in this song. In fact, I enjoy the entire Dark and Dirty Mile album.

Lyrics for Jason Boland "Nine Times Out of Ten"

It may not be the same thing you believe

Most folks have a sense of right and wrong

The forces that we feel but cannot see

The love within our heart it plays a song

You walk around until they can hear no more

The word it was a virus through the land

From the mountains down to the southern shore

The hour glass burns through those grains of sand

Chorus

We learned a long time ago, there's no winners in the game

You lie with dogs you'll end up with fleas

Nine times out of ten you know it all turns out the same

Dying on your feet, you're livin on your knees

Oh the art of war is always to deceive

They sell the very rope from which we hang

The answer is to turn the other cheek

While they piss down your neck and call it rain

There's no left, no right, there's only in between

The low is just reflected from above

Those who will discover what that means

Will come to understand along with us