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Battling

by Levi Ray

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1.
Wichita 04:27
Wichita She says she's from wichita and both her parents are crazy says she's trying to keep on and carry on But I know she's further she's further than she thinks I've seen her do for others And so I'll do for her No need to ever drown Just follow my sound We'll swim to shore together See what good might come Seems such a simple thing To get thru the day well she's magical, she's also beautiful she's all those things that makes one wonderful I'm a little worried still She's a little crazy If you know what I mean That's alright with me cause I am probably just the same I decided on this course to change her life and mine Turns out all along She rescued me I needed her the most, she saved me I spoke to her and said, "I don't understand much. I'll do my best to see you right as you are and everything you might be I will not judge 'cause in the end I like you just as you are." well she's magical, she's also beautiful she's all those things that makes one wonderful How lucky for me Now I'm falling slowly, Still worry she'll want me Hands so small in mine I'm a giant next to her Her head on my heart Holding and healing Though I've always felt I deserved very little, Trying to get over that, forgive myself For I know not what, yeah baby there it is. Yeah baby there it is well she's magical, she's also beautiful she's all those things that makes one wonderful I know for certain she deserves all the best. The best of everything, Love and luck and hope, hopes measured full and time enough Ten years are ten days 'cause its workin' out I see great things, she sees doubt I choose my fights, but in this case i know I'm right My baby is, my baby is, my baby is YEAH MY BABY IS...
2.
Try 04:49
Try It's 4AM and I'm drunk again Just trying to find the try I'm so tired of sittin' here alone Just waiting for you to come home I've loved and lost Loved and lost again I love, still I try Well it's 4AM and I am drunk again I've tried and failed, so many times It seems like I always go down And this right here, gonna hold on tight And wrap myself around my fears And this right here, gonna hold on tight And wrap myself around my tears It's 4AM and I'm drunk again Just trying to find the try I've done and tried things most others would and should not do I'd like to remember where I came from and what my family taught me Year where am I now, just trying to find the try and go again at something that matters Year where am I now, just trying to find the try and go again at something that matters It's 4AM and I'm drunk again Just trying to find the try It's 4AM and I'm drunk again Just trying to find the try The try, the try
3.
Battling 04:08
Battling I've been battling with my demons More than usual lately The good times are harder to come by The dark moving closer Ever closer Not a thing to think away Not a promise not to break Being a good man is no help Might not be that at that But I heard the other day that you've been battling too Want you to know I know your battle because I've been battling, battling too because I've been battling, battling too But it's just not enough to give in I believe in you and I love you You are more than the harsh light and the mean I know little I try to know more Can only ever be less dumb But I feel as deep as the hurt I can't explain To give up is much too small It's simply not enough The world is great and big and hard and we feel it all too much But it's just not enough to give in I believe in you and I love you You are more than the harsh light and the mean 'Cause I heard the other day that you've been battling too I want you to know I know your battle because I've been battling, battling too because I've been battling, battling too because I've been battling, battling too
4.
Shadows 04:59
Please please shadows, come and take me away Theres a mountain up ahead, I'm gonna climb straight up I'm gonna lay out in the cold and whisper myself to sleep Been a long time coming but I'll be better when I return. I want to be alone for awhile and seek out the high. Gonna keep within myself and look towards the sky with a canopy over my head, gonna take in all truth. So please please good friends, take care while I'm away I swear i will return, there is too much good to stay gone i swear I'll pray every night for your happiness and your heart i swear i will be better when next we see each other We’ll hold each other like lovers, family,and friends It's taken courage and strength I thought I'd never find still i traverse the soul and wake myself everyday the shadows cradle and haunt me all the same for every instance of comfort, there's a voice in the back of my head Its full of worry and doubt, creeping like a spider on my chest Always wanting and descending, and holding me back Please please shadows, go away from me now I want to breathe in the dust and all things ahead gonna find the cracks in the gods and look beyond the vale gonna find out just where I stand and what I'm made of make my peace for the morrow and welcome myself home Please please shadows, don't creep up on me I'll close my eyes and let it all slide by All things are changing but I cling to the yellow and the gold The chill night air brings the weight of worry to bear Your soul's craving is the warmth you create till the last My heart will remain strong and true as I can be Please please good friends, I think on you every night That your love and your empathy will carry you through the dark. Oh my God, I'll be better when I return. Yes Oh my God, I'll be better when I return Yes Oh my God, I'll be better when I return
5.
Down to the River I'm goin' down to the river with my back to the world and a man in a black suit is gonna come up behind me and take me away I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know In the land of the shadows stands an old willow tree where lovers lie beneath and the wind and the rain are friends til the end I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know And some say if your heart's pure that your love will conquer all and keep the devil away but I know, I know, I know, I know I'm goin' down to the river with my back to the world and a man in a black suit is gonna come up behind me and take me away I know, I know, I know, I know, I know

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Long awaited debut release from Fort Worth's Levi Ray. 'Battling' is sincere and heartfelt Americana music performed with a powerful voice and is about love and pain and family and what it is to deal with it all.

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released February 1, 2019

All songs by Levi Ray

Performed by Levi Ray, Kris Luther, Gerald Ray, & Taylor Tatsch

Producer: Taylor Tatsch
Co-Producer: Kris Luther
Engineered and mixed by Taylor Tatsch
Mastered by Todd Pipes

Recorded at AudioStyles in Dripping Springs, TX over two days in late August 2018

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Levi Ray Fort Worth, Texas

Sincere and heartfelt Americana music from Fort Worth, TX performed with a powerful voice.

Sounds like Jason Isbell, John Moreland, Chris Stapleton, etc.

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