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Thistill EP

by Hayden Skaggs

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1.
I wish I had a dollar for every moment that we'd shared I'd be a rich man, and then I'd take you anywhere We could leave here on a plane, in a train, or in a car Or we could even take a boat, and sail away to somewhere far But I don't need that money, I don't need no sailing boat I just need my woman, and a place that we call home Cause home is where I've always been And home is where I'm going to Home is what we make of it As long as I'm with you But I still find temptation in traveling round the globe I want your fingers locked with mine as I venture the unknowns But our adventure still contains some things we haven't seen Like college, kids, and mortgages. And everything else in between Even with all of the variables about which we don't know There's always one place we can sort them out, and it's called home Cause home is where I've always been And home is where I'm going to Home is what we make of it As long a I'm with you With a big white porch, and a garden in the back A chicken coop around the side, and a little old tool-shack Pictures in the living room of all the moments we have shared And a savings jar that's full of coins' so I can take you anywhere Cause home is where I've always been And home is where I'm going to Home is what we make of it As long a I'm with you
2.
As I was going over The Appalachian Mountains I saw The Captain Farrell, and his money he was counting I first produced my pistol, I then produced my saber I said "Stand an deliver. Or The Devil, he may take ya!" I took all of his money, and it was a pretty penny Yeah I took all of his money, and I brought it home to Holly She swore that she'd love me. No, never would she leave me But The Devil take that woman! For you know she tricked me easy Musha-rin dadum do, darum da-oh yeah! Whack fol de daddio! Whack fol de daddio! There's moonshine in the jar-o I retired to my chamber, for to take a slumber I dreamt of the gold and silver yeah, you know it was no wonder Holly she took my pistols, and filled them up with water Then she sent for The Captain Farrell, seeking to have me slaughtered And it was the early morning, before I set out to travel And the guards, well they surround me; along with The Captain Farrell I first produced my pistol; for she stashed away my saber But I couldn't shoot through that water, so as a prisoner I was taken Musha-rin dadum do, darum da-oh yeah! Whack fol de daddio! Whack fol de daddio! There's moonshine in the jar-o Now some men like the fishin' Some men like the fowlin' Some men like to hear, to hear 'a the cannon balls a-roarin But me, well I like sleepin Especially in my Holly's chamber But here I am in prison Here I am with a ball and chain, yeah! Musha-rin dadum do, darum da-oh yeah! Whack fol de daddio! Whack fol de daddio! There's moonshine in the jar-o Musha-rin dadum do, darum da-oh yeah! Whack fol de daddio! Whack fol de daddio! There's moonshine in the jar-o
3.
If Only 05:38
The rusty old strings on this withered guitar Still tell a story of a love so far- Gone are the days of this tale that is told Gone are the days of a kindly old soul For heartache and heartbreak can do a man in It seemed with this woman, he never could win If only, If only, If only Love like this was a one-sided war Love like this; he couldn't endure For one to keep loving, the other keep living; He's left on the shore Of a phantasmal vision in his head This fret on this string strikes a note from the past Bringing back memories of what he thought would last Of a girl that was dancing 'round his heart in a dress Of the time that he spilled his whole heart and confessed Without her he wouldn't be able to live It would be his whole heart, his whole soul he would give If only, If only, If only He can still see her dancing like and old roll of film The scratchy and splotchy memories make him ill If only. If only, If only Love like this was a one-sided war Love like this; he couldn't endure For one to keep loving, the other keep living; He's left on the shore Of a phantasmal vision in his head Forty years in the making; forty years that flew by She dug through his drawers and she started to cry A recording he'd made of all those old songs Etched into vinyl that sat for so long There was the chord she'd known and loved And the kindly old voice; pure and soft as a dove If only, He sings, If only
4.
I walk with my friends all through the street Women and children are staring at me It’s as if they know what’s about to go down And I see him standing there, with a phone in his hand And a look on his face of a possessed man It’s as if time moves in slow motion A bang, and a flash, and down goes John, and I rush right to his side I held him in my arms and I watched the life go from his eyes I cursed and I shouted to the sky, “Why couldn’t it have been me?” “Why did my brother have to go oh so suddenly?” And I promise, I will live today I just can’t go out that way For, if I fail, all will be lost And John; he will have died in vain Another day, another sun is beating down on me I walk with my friends through this endless valley Ben turns, smiles, and gives me a thumbs up In the distance we see a little shack, it’s not looking so good I wish those moments could be reversed, I really wish they could It’s as if time moves in slow motion A crack on the air, and down goes Ben, and I rushed right to his side I held him in my arms and I watched the life go from his eyes “SNIPER! SNIPER! SNIPER!” I yell, as loud as can be Why did my brother have to go, oh so suddenly And I promise, I will live today I just can’t go out that way For, if I fail, all will be lost And Ben, he will have died in vain Only three more days til I go back to where I, I want to be I find myself with my friends again, walking these broken streets But my family is the only thing on my mind I hear “Contact left!” a dozen times over the radio Mark looks over at me and he says, “Now brother, it’s time to go!” It’s as if time moves in slow motion Three hits to my chest, now I go down, and Mark is by my side He holds me in his arms, and I say, “Now brother, I don’t wanna die!” He says, “Hold on man, now you’re gonna be fine. Now just think about your little girl.” I say, “Get your crazy ass down my man, ‘cause you’ve gotta get me back to her.” And I’m sorry I didn’t pull through today I guess I was just meant to go out that way But I didn’t fail, and all was not lost And I promise you, I didn’t die in vain
5.
I wish I could taste the love that I'd grown I wish I could reap the seeds that I'd sown I wish I could hear you now, but you're gone. Yeah you're gone And I am all alone A foundation of rock and stone; of love and days I told you that I'd take your hand; that I'd find a way Now all of your dreams have come true my dear. I'll smile, and I'll wait For the day that doesn't exist And my bones feel empty away from the comfort of yours And my blood it runs thin without my heartbeat now Away from you Not ever us Your dad has your arm; you traverse the isle My dear, how you glow. Damn, look at you smile You're speaking words and holding my hands. You say "Now how did I score such a good man?" I say "Turn around now. It's your time." Feel the knife in my chest as you catch his eye You say "I do." and he says the same. What a shame I wish I were him, and we were forever And my bones feel empty away from the comfort of yours And my blood it runs thin without my heartbeat now Away from you Not ever us These days I'm old. By now I thought I'd have died Gray hair; and a thinner hide Broken hearts never heal, and men; they will change; Grow small I'm not half the man that I once was Now everybody's left the room; left me alone with you I lay down by your side; hardly room for two Your deathbed's no place for me, but I wanted to see you out. Please don't go Hold your hand for the last time. Oh my dear. And my bones feel empty away from the comfort of yours And my blood it runs thin without my heartbeat now Away from you Not ever us Try to find me, my dear, in the next room Without my heart here on earth, well I'll be there soon Cause I've always followed my hear

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released July 27, 2014

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