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1.
What I Did 04:28
If I apologized, starting in the morning and kept going 'til I went to bed If I fell asleep and made good in my dreams and woke up tired from all the good I did If I drove a thousand miles, wait I already have If I never took another wrong step I'd still be the girl that showed you what a broken heart is Yea, you know who you are, and you know what I did And it keeps me awake at night And it keeps me trying Maybe I shoulda lied and I'd still have ya baby Right or wrong I'm hanging on and hoping you'll forgive me Saying your name, well there's no need I was young and had to test out everything I knew what it was, but I thought the best things happened more than once And if I told I you I was sorry you'd believe And it keeps me awake at night And it keeps me trying Maybe I shoulda lied and I'd still have ya baby Right or wrong I'm hanging on and hoping you'll forgive me I close my eyes I shut 'em tight I've never let a sleeping dog lie in my whole life No way to treat him I had no reason If it's a nightmare then I deserve to keep on sleeping And it keeps me awake at night And it keeps me trying Maybe I shoulda lied and I'd still have ya baby Right or wrong I'm hanging on and hoping you'll forgive me
2.
Raised up on coke and crown Pass to corner with the cross where he went down I've known where we're going baby all along Like the end at the start of every country song So keep your fightin' side Keep it strong It's a mile wide That river runs You left a piece of your head in the bathroom stall Went runnin' at him gunnin' like it was my fault And it was I'm setting myself free of this You better walk away I'll thank you to keep your mouth shut Honey Keep your fightin' side Keep it strong It's a mile wide That river runs You never know how hard you're gonna have to be Gotta break, gotta break, gotta break everything But not me I'm setting myself free of this You better walk away I'll thank you to keep your mouth shut Honey He told her that she'd see him as he really is I hear the rip of the sheets comin off the bed He laughed and said Now I'm gonna have to kill ya But not yet I'm setting myself free of this You better walk away I'll thank you to keep your mouth shut Honey Keep your fightin' side
3.
The Guard 04:12
Running from the fall from the fall I never thought I would be hear this long But I feel the pull like the ocean on my feet And you're so good at settling down You fit nice in this puzzle town And all I ever wanted was to be a matching piece So Delia, my girl I'll stay as long as you will Dodging and drifting from the past I never want to live like that But you weren't there, you don't know And that's comforting And you talk to me all night long You're smooth like a Denver song And I have don't have to think 'bout those scary things Delia, my girl I'll stay as long as you will I'll stay 'til you can't remember lonely I'll stay 'til you can't recall my name I'll stay 'til the house we built is rotted away Oh Delia, or longer, I'll stay I never thought it could be so clear Without you I'm all alone here Let's not get to fighting anymore You're the raft in my ocean blue And I'll be the same for you The guard against the banging at the door So, Delia, my girl I'll stay as long as you will I'll stay 'til you can't remember lonely I'll stay 'til you can't recall my name I'll stay 'til the house we built is rotted away Oh Delia, or longer, I'll stay Oh Delia, or longer, I'll stay
4.
Before I Go 04:54
That same bleach smell Of every hotel I swear to god every time I pull the blankets down It's my favorite kind of town Everyone but me belongs And I think there might be wright or wrong, after all The water's real hot and it warms as the sun sets Haven't been outside but I can tell the light left And as for where we go, I don't know I've got worn out shoes and soles All I want Is for you to move me Before I go Well there's prettier girls And they're gonna go far But it's the only thing that feels like it matters, anymore And the chick behind the bar is shit talkin' her husband Doesn't have to say he's all she ever wanted And as for where we go, I don't know I've got worn out shoes and soles All I want Is for you to move me Before I go All I want, all I need Is my heart beating hard like a drum in my chest It'll go, it'll pass But this place is like it's name, nothing ever lasts And as for where we go, I don't know I've got wheels and endless road All I want Is for you to move me Before I go All I want Is for you to move me Before I go
5.
Well highway 70-West is your spot If you like your god on billboards And your sex in shops And them golden arches and oversized trucks I'll be in Denver in a day and I can't stop I stopped in Kansas at a railroad hotel Everyone's eyeballin me and it's hot as hell My body's shakin bad, yea, I'm all shot And I got miles in the morning and I can't stop, I can't stop I can't stop thinking about you And all the trouble ya been through And how you loved me anyway My friends tell me that I should forget you But I can't and I don't want to I'll take our worst over my best day Out here on the highway Stopped in the boomtowns on my way out to see If you're still the man that's been doggin' me You're looking fine, and I think I'm right where I belong And I'm not blinking 'til the morning cause I thought you were all gone I couldn't stop thinking about you And all the trouble ya been through And how you loved me anyway My friends tell me that I should forget you But I can't and I don't want to I'll take our worst over my best day Out here on the highway I swear you were born going 75 And you'll keep going a long, long time I wanna be there, hell yea I wanna ride But I can't feel the wheels from the passenger side, I can't... No I can't stop thinking about you And all the trouble ya been through And how you loved me anyway And I still pray you do My friends tell me that I should forget you But who are they to start listening to yea I'll take our worst over my best day Out here on the highway Out here on the highway
6.
Child of War 04:27
He says, got a light as he draws so near But I don't I say it's getting late and I'd better go But I won't I watch me get in the car I hear the engine start Oh, deity watching over me Heal my sins See the red as he hits the brakes And they stick 11:10 at night We finally found that light Mother I'm still your child I'm still your child of war And I have got a knack for Wanting things I never had before Mother I'm still your girl I'm still that girl of yours Sorry for my knack Of wanting things I never had before Hit the lights and let's close our eyes Feel my skin Does it go with the big old cage That you're in? 11:10 at night We finally found that night Mother I'm still your child I'm still your child of war And I have got a knack for Wanting things I never had before Mother I'm still your girl I'm still that girl of yours I'm sorry I'm sorry Mother I'm still your child I'm still your child of war And I have got a knack for Wanting things I never had before Mother I'm still your girl I'm still that girl of yours I'm sorry, I'm sorry For wanting things I've never had before
7.
If I wake up, as one wakes up After 50 wasted years Won't you grab me a fifth and fiddle And waste the rest, my dear We can sleep, my darlin' we can sleep Cause time will keep rollin' along And we can cry, my darlin' we can cry Cause our lives will keep rollin' along But if we try, my darlin' if we try To stop that old clock on the wall Well those hands won't mean nothing at all babe Cause they never stopped my fall If I wake up as one wakes up After 50 wasted years Won't you grab me a fifth and a fiddle And waste the rest, my dear Will you stay, my darlin' will you stay When these arms are all trembling and cold Will you love, my darlin' will you love This body that's growing so old Yea we can try, my darlin' we can try To stop that old clock on the wall But those hands won't mean nothing at all, babe Cause they never stopped my fall If I wake up as one wakes up After 50 wasted years Won't you grab me a fifth and a fiddle And waste the rest, my dear When I'm gone, when I'm gone When I'm six foot deep Will you spare me a day of your life babe Won't you come visit me If I wake up as one wakes up After 50 wasted years Won't you grab me a fifth and a fiddle And waste the rest, my dear If I wake up as one wakes up After 50 wasted years Won't you grab me a fifth and a fiddle And waste the rest, my dear Won't you grab me a fifth and a fiddle And waste the rest, my dear

about

Caroline Reese grew up in Reading, Pennsylvania, where the rust belt meets Amish country. Her mom ran a horse farm and her dad sold antiques, two facts which inform the old-soul tendencies in her songs.

She and her band, the Drifting Fifth, combine elements of country, folk, and indie-rock with Reese’s lyrics that seem to reach far beyond her own life experiences. Their new album, Tenderfoot, released January 6, 2017, deals with vulnerability in life and love. Tenderfoot was recorded at the Headroom Philadelphia (Hopalong) and mixed at Miner Street Recordings (Kurt Vile, War on Drugs, Sharon Van Etten).

Reese wrote her first album, Indian River, in 2010 while she was living in Montana. After returning back to Pennsylvania, she met her electric guitarist and bandmate, Mark Watter, in a college songwriting class, and they collaborated during the recording of Reese’s 2013 album, Slow Code. They formed Caroline Reese & the Drifting Fifth shortly after.

Since then, she and the Drifting Fifth have toured nationally and opened for Grammy nominees and winners including Chris Stapleton and Brandi Carlile. Reese has also opened up for americana stalwarts John Hiatt, Ray Wylie Hubbard, Corb Lund, and the Secret Sisters. The group’s live EP The Electric Year was named Y102's 2014 Album of the Year and the group was part of Taco Bell's 2016 Feed the Beat roster.

Reese will tour in support of Tenderfoot in the spring.

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released May 20, 2014

Recorded live at Kettle Pot Tracks

The Electric Year (c) 2014 Caroline Reese
Tracks 1-6 (c) Caroline Reese
Track 7 (c) Mark Watter

Tom Markham - vocals & drums
Caroline Reese - vocals & acoustic guitar
Alice Terrett - bass
Mark Watter - vocals & electric guitar

Album photography by Injee Unshin

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Caroline Reese is an americana songwriter who has been writing and touring since 2010. She's opened for Chris Stapleton, Brandi Carlile, Ray Wylie Hubbard and Shannon McNally. Reese's 4th album, Tenderfoot, was released Jan. 6, 2017, and the follow-up EP, Two Horses, came out September 8, 2017. ... more

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