Traveling Alone:
Mountains rough this time of year, close the highway down
They don't warn the town
And I've been fighting second gear for fifteen miles or so
Trying to beat the angry snow
And I know every town worth passing through
But what good does knowing do with no one to show it to
And I've grown tired of traveling alone, tired of traveling alone
I've grown tired of traveling alone, won't you ride with me?
I've grown tired of traveling alone, tired of traveling alone
I've grown tired of traveling alone, won't you ride with me?
Won't you ride, won't you ride?
I quit talking to my-self
Listening to the radio, long, long time ago
Damn near strangled by my appetite
Ybor City on a Friday night couldn't even stand up right
So high the street girls wouldn't take my pay
They said come see me on a better day, she just danced away
And I've grown tired of traveling alone, tired of traveling alone
I've grown tired of traveling alone, won't you ride with me?
I've grown tired of traveling alone, tired of traveling alone
I've grown tired of traveling alone, won't you ride with me?
Won't you ride, won't you ride?
Painting the outside lane I'm tired of answering to my-self
Hard like the rebuilt part I don't know how much it's got left
How much it's got left
How much it's got left
I've grown tired of traveling alone, won't you ride with me?
I've grown tired of traveling alone, tired of traveling alone
I've grown tired of traveling alone, won't you ride with me?
Won't you ride, won't you ride?
Música y letra: Jason Isbell
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The only song that took several days to capture was “Traveling Alone,” a shuffling, mid-tempo duet with [Amanda] Shires. “It just wasn’t happening,” says Cobb. “We tried different grooves, different feels, even a halftime thing… and it just would not come together. Then Amanda came in the day before they got married, and they were in booths directly across from each other, and it just clicked. The song is about her, you know? The mood was right, and it came together after the first or second take. Whereas before, we’d probably tried it 20 different ways. I think it was her. She put him at ease.”
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