I had it with me everywhere I've been
Red clay under my nails, deep crimson on my skin
You could strip me of everything I own
And just leave me with the memories of my Alabama home
I guess the highway didn't kill me after all
But I thought I was a goner in that trailer fire in Arkansas
But I just let her burn and walked away
And crawled back to the crimson and the clay
I got a little bolt action for my 9th birthday
I can flip a silver dollar from a hundred yards away
A 1911 under my floor mat
Then one day it just occurred to me, I got no use for that
Guess the city didn't kill me after all
The thing that nearly took me out was loneliness and alcohol
And I just put it down and walked away
And crawled back to the crimson and the clay
See the moon in the morning, I anticipate the night
Licked the spoon in the kitchen, we prayed to Martha White
Little noose in a locker, brown eyes crying in the hall
Rebel flags on the highway, wooden crosses on the wall
Guess the small town didn't suit me after all
There's still so many lonely kids surrounded by the rest of y'all
And I can't seem to keep myself away
So I head back to the crimson and the clay
The lyrics CRIMSON AND CLAY of JASON ISBELL is also present in the album Foxes in the snow (2025)
Jason Isbell è un cantautore e chitarrista statunitense nato il 1° febbraio 1979 a Greenhill, Alabama, vicino a Muscle Shoals. Considerato uno dei cantautori più importanti della scena americana contemporanea, Isbell si distingue per le sue canzoni introspettive e narrative che esplorano temi come la dipendenza, la famiglia, la politica e la vita rurale del Sud. Iniziò la sua carriera musicale all'età di 18 anni con il gruppo Drive-By Truckers, diventando uno dei membri più influenti della band fino al 2007. Dopo aver lasciato i Drive-By Truckers, Isbell ha intrapreso una carriera da solista di grande successo, pubblicando album aclamatati dalla critica come "Southeastern" (2013), vincitore del Grammy Award per il miglior album country contemporaneo, e "Something More Than Free" (2015). Isbell è noto anche per le sue performance dal vivo intense ed emozionanti. Tra i suoi brani più rappresentativi figurano "Cover Me Up", "Alabama Pines" e "If We Were Vampires".
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