Old Picture

from When the Sad Songs Make You Happy by Levi Ray

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Old Picture

Saw and old picture of a river and its soft bank
With green all around at what looks to be dusk
Saw it split in the distance like two futures, two come to pass
Water and land, ancient and alive
Far sun shedding light, to mask coming dark

Oh the river is the lifeblood
Or destruction and the flood

See a man staring into the middle at a tall tree
Standing alone and serene and still in a wind
Stuck there in the mud like unto the bitter end
A path is taken each day, can barely walk away
Though we are mostly blind, come what may

Oh the river is the lifeblood
Or destruction and the flood

I’ll freely spend my life, doing my damned best
To prove to you my words are true
I’ll fight thru the fog and drown before I fold
Everything and every little bit

I’m damn tired of learning lessons, of cleaning up my messes
Thru the years of my depressions, can’t take me away from you
Away from you

Oh the river is the lifeblood
Or destruction and the flood
Oh the river is the lifeblood
Or destruction and the flood

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from When the Sad Songs Make You Happy, released April 16, 2021
Written by Levi Ray

Recorded at Niles City Sound in Fort Worth, TX

Produced by: Joel Raif
Recorded, engineered and mixed by Joel Raif
Mastered by Jordan Richardson

Lead vocals: Levi Ray
Backup vocals: Gerald Ray, Kris Luther
Electric guitars: Gerald Ray
Acoustic guitar: Levi Ray
Bass guitar: Kris Luther
Piano: Kris Luther

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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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