Don't roll away that stone, girl
Leave it where it lay
You think he's coming home but you know it's not today
I think the road will break me and never fill the holes,
but every time I'm saved I stop beating out a soul
I'm too scared to ask the right questions
and too tired to fill the right shoes
so I'll take advantage of the blues
I'll take advantage of the blue
There really ain't no difference
in Michigan and Maine
If you ain't here to see this I'm missing just the same
Your skin as soft as water, same temperature as me
I'd never know I touched you if you didn't let me see
I'd crawl to meet you if you'd just stay there,
and finally have a thing I couldn't bear to lose
So I'll take advantage of the blues
I'll take advantage of the blue
Mark me up so they can see the best of me
Hold me down so I can't find a drink
Dance so I don't have to think
Leave it where it lay
You think he's coming home but you know it's not today
I think the road will break me and never fill the holes,
but every time I'm saved I stop beating out a soul
I'm too scared to ask the right questions
and too tired to fill the right shoes
so I'll take advantage of the blues
I'll take advantage of the blue
There really ain't no difference
in Michigan and Maine
If you ain't here to see this I'm missing just the same
Your skin as soft as water, same temperature as me
I'd never know I touched you if you didn't let me see
I'd crawl to meet you if you'd just stay there,
and finally have a thing I couldn't bear to lose
So I'll take advantage of the blues
I'll take advantage of the blue
Mark me up so they can see the best of me
Hold me down so I can't find a drink
Dance so I don't have to think
Jason Isbell
Michael Jason Isbell (; born February 1, 1979) is an American singer-songwriter and actor. He is known for his solo career, his work with the band The 400 Unit, and as a member of Drive-By Truckers for six years, from 2001 to 2007. Isbell has won six Grammy Awards.
Outside of music, Isbell has appeared in roles in the television series Squidbillies and Billions, as well as the films Deadwood: The Movie and Killers of the Flower Moon.
His most recent album with his band The 400 Unit, Weathervanes, was released in June 2023.
listen:
The Main Mix
Bugged me, too. And it was a low-quality master. Replaced with a different mix -- sans click track.
Jason Isbell, I would imagine. Certainly as the final say. A great singer-songwriter should be able to try anything they like as they build a catalog. Jason's catalog is huge, well crafted, growing, and ever evolving. This song fits right in exactly as is.
Bugged me, too. And it was a low-quality master. Replaced with a different mix -- sans click track.
Well damn. Never noticed it until I read the comments. Thanks guys! lol..
crap. me too now. :-(
Jason Isbell, I would imagine. Certainly as the final say. A great singer-songwriter should be able to try anything they like as they build a catalog. Jason's catalog is huge, well crafted, growing, and ever evolving. This song fits right in exactly as is.
Plus, the persistence of the clicking seems well matched to the feeling I get from this one, enduring The Blue, still rate thus a solid 8, and glad to be a fan of a Nashville songwriter I would have written off as country (its not) 15 years ago.
Long Live RP and enduring and persisting!!
Thats a ride cymbal, not a click track.
Closed hi-hat... ;-)
If you ever get the chance to see him live, DO IT!!!
(And. . . he doesn't use a metronome when he performs onstage.)
Love the metronome player. :)
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i never cared for Drive-By Truckers so i never paid attention to Isbell
that is until RP came along
Bugged me, too. And it was a low-quality master. Replaced with a different mix -- sans click track.
Thats a ride cymbal, not a click track.
Love the metronome player. :)
yeah disturbing my ears