the summer i was 19 years old
i saw you on the open road
you were wearing your favorite t shirt
i was wearing ripped blue jeans i wore the night before
i knew your whole life right there
the way that you dyed your hair
the way you climbed your favorite tree
but you knew nothin' about me
i was stupid stubborn and tall
never afraid to fall
the look you gave me scared me real good
my mommy gave me the same and said i should,
"grow up and become a man real fast
be stern be like your dad forget the past
a man lives by his job and pay
what else is there anyway?"
This sweet, mournful “loose concept” album from folk artist Ian McCuen tracks a journey across the bleak landscape of American life. Bandcamp New & Notable Nov 22, 2022