Defending The Name, by Taylor Carson

Defending The Name

by Taylor Carson

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1.	Moonshiner 04:23	lyrics
stones fly  down a country drive  they’re coming to your home, home children stay down  it’s about to get real loud  we won’t be talking things out, out my great grandfather was a moonshiner  he killed two men of cold, cold blood  defending the name of the one’s he loved  i would do the same for you guns drawn  bullets cut the sky  like fireworks on the fourth of july tonight tonight  beneath a georgia sky  someone will die  the heaven’s know that it won’t be my great grandfather was a moonshiner  he killed two men of cold, cold blood  defending the name of the one’s he loved  i would do the same  i would do the same for you locked him away  not without a fight  and the look on their faces  tattooed in their memories  they took him away  reaching out his hand for his wife and kids my great grandfather was a moonshiner  he killed two men of cold, cold blood  defending the name of the one’s he loved  i would do the same my great grandfather was a moonshiner  he killed two men of cold, cold blood  defending the name of the one’s he loved  i would do the same   i would do the same  i would do the same for you come out, come out wherever you are
2.	Five 03:52	lyrics
poodle skirts are swinging  elvis presley singing on the radio  1954  marilyn monroe falls in love and marries joe dimaggio but dottie and johnny are the lovebirds   i wish that i had known he was only five don’t remember much  your future wife’s alive  that should be enough a single camellia  worn so well by a girl with her head hung low  she’s crossing the state line  chasing down a cherokee rose she takes old camellia out of her hair  trying not to let the fear show  waving around with the wind  she opens her hand and lets camellia go she was only five don’t remember much  but she survived  that should be enough woah oh oh oh woah oh oh oh  that should be that should be the stars will all align for you eventually  there’s fire in your eyes and it will not sleep  gasping for some air running your memories  there’s so much of both of you in me woah oh oh oh  woah oh oh oh   that should be that should be woah oh oh oh  woah oh oh oh   that should be  that should be they were only five don’t remember much  they made she and i  that should be enough that should be that should be poodle skirts are swinging  elvis presley singing on the radio
3.	Freight Train 03:52	lyrics
freight train rolling in  i’ll race you to the tracks  but you better  throw caution to the wind  just like that freight train  everything must pass so lay your change on the rails  sparks fly to the side  our dreams become real  now we hold all these stories to tell  of when, of when, our voices, our voices sang hallelujah, here we are  hallelujah, we’re holding this moment  hallelujah, here we are twenty minutes time  you came and went in and out of our lives  you’re leaving but you’re leaving  our hearts full of love  and our eyes so wide hit the ground running  we were up on to our feet  i’m chasing after you and this freight train   is chasing after me  go see the change, the change, we made, we made, we sang, we sang, hallelujah, here we are  hallelujah, we’re holding this moment  hallelujah, here we are please don’t you go  because we don’t want to be alone  please don’t you go  because we don’t want to be alone hallelujah, here we are  hallelujah, we’re holding this moment  hallelujah, here we are hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah here we are freight train rolling out so i’ll race you back to town
4.	Die Happy 04:06	lyrics
1989 we had to say goodbye seven is too young to put up a fight trying to sleep but i lost my pillow by the riverside 1990's come and gone on to 1991 it's gonna take a bit it's gonna take a little bit of time less than a year from now will last the rest of our lives the smiles we've shared outweigh the tears we've cried i'd die a happy man if i went tonight, tonight these blue eyes transfixed by something so beautiful watching as a strong woman moves you she's so graceful we made a perfect seven, i came from a beat down few now i see exactly what love can do it's gonna take a bit it's gonna take a little bit of time less than a year from now will last the rest of our lives the smiles we've shared outweigh the tears we've cried i'd die a happy man if i went tonight, tonight you've got to play the cards that you're dealt though at times i've felt like i got a bad, bad hand so i put my head back on straight before it's too late to make myself a better man it's gonna take a bit it's gonna take a little bit of time less than a year from now will last the rest of our lives the smiles we've shared outweigh the tears we've cried i'd die a happy man i'd die a happy man i'd die a happy man i'd die a happy man i'd die a happy man if i went tonight, tonight
5.	Hold On 01:27	lyrics
you're born now you head out following your angel all around she's gone but didn't leave without teaching you to spread your wings your lips are quivering try to make you smile so i start to sing a song you know you join in i know your angel's looking down at us dad she may be gone but she must shine knowing that you taught your son to hold on hold on
6.	Only Angel 03:52	lyrics
lay, lay your weary head down lay, lay your weary head down lay, lay your weary head down make, make him go away now shiny new wheels cutting down the road kids get to bed before your father gets home dusty pair of boots step through the front door trophy wife smiles at him but the food's gone the food's gone cold how long have the kids been awake? john they're only kids can we pray? can we pray? bottle touches down on the lips that it's craved all day trophy wife comes in for a kiss and he pushes her away mama stay strong words from your son we all feel the pain you're the only angel we'll ever know and an angel put a smile upon my face how long have the kids been awake john they're only kids can we pray? can we pray? how long have the kids been awake john they're only kids can we pray? can we pray? you may you may never see her i feel she is all around us so lay your weary head down shiny new wheels cutting down the road kids get to bed before your father gets home dusty pair of boots step through the front door trophy wife smiles at him but the food's gone the food's gone cold
7.	Someone To Love 04:22	lyrics
may i help you sir? just a tie and shirt got to get to work your phone number? as she shied away he had found a place of someone he could love 1968 everything was cool work your 9-5 then to night school each other on the brain they'd eventually have someone to love talking on the phone may i meet your folks? family meals at home i want this of my own no more nights alone a ring would set the tone they'd have someone to love everybody needs someone so why are we scared? it's real, so we care and we've never been there with someone to love everybody needs someone there's something i need to tell you i'm just not quite sure how the sirens you heard in the distance while you kids were out were the cries of someone you love the cries of someone who is gone i'm so sorry son everybody needs someone i'm so sorry son someone to love is gone
8.	Sialia 01:09	lyrics
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9.	Smoke 04:08	lyrics
sitting in a room that's filling up with smoke remembering a thought that used to be yours joy falls heavy straight to the ground avoiding the emotion the echo tracks you down bottle is broken should have washed it all down pick up the pieces no one's around we've all gone home i remember rooms that lit up when you spoke now you're left with rooms where you are all alone lady put your dress on there's beauty in hope i have learned a lesson clean up when you go bottle is broken should have washed it all down pick up the pieces no one's around bottle is broken should have washed it all down pick up the pieces no one's around throw on your overcoat go face the night you've got all that smoke whistling by your side caught by the undertow time after time please tell me you've saved room for love in your life bottle is broken should have washed it all down pick up the pieces no one's around bottle is broken should have washed it all down pick up the pieces no one's around we've all gone home reach and you grab, reach and you grab all you can hold is smoke reach and you grab, reach and you grab all of your hope is smoke
10.	Baby Away 04:56	lyrics
papa's in the kitchen yelling baby's crying away as if she knew it was going to be the mama's dying day door knob is turning, oh a stranger lays on her back mama won't be returning, no you ain't going to get your little lady back everything that is known so far could drive grown man halfway to his grave and as hard as you may have tried you could not, you could not take the baby away five years old standing just shy of three feet high people think she's reaching for the stars but she's just trying to get closer to her mama who is sleeping in the sky everything that is known so far could drive grown man halfway to his grave and as hard as you may have tried you could not, you could not take the baby away rolling like a train without a destination she's out of control, man, her wheels have come off rolling like a train without a destination she's out of control, man, her wheels have come off everything that is known so far could drive grown man halfway to his grave and as hard as you may have tried you could not, you could not take the baby away one thing that is known is you could never you could never take the baby away
11.	Where We've Been 03:44	lyrics
generations go by with the blink of an eye want to be in the middle of it all never standing on the side so we're standing on the... who's side are you on, anyway? i remember your face i remember your face i should have listened to what you said you know i wish i did but we can't go back to where we've been where we've been go on look at what the consequences have made you come around here not a soul's the same no one outside watering the flowers they're inside waiting on the rain waiting on the lips all zipped have they lost their minds? thrown in the towel and fade with the times i remember your face i remember your face i should have listened to what you said you know i wish i did but we can't go back to where we've been where we've i keep erasing the memories that lead me to you but letting go of what's gone isn't easy to do i should have listened to what you said you know i wish i did but we can't go back to where we've been you know i wish i could i should have listened to what you said you know i wish i did but we can't go back to where we've been where we've been where we've been where we've been
12.	My Favorite Bird 02:23	lyrics
my my favorite bird is circling around me i'm hoping she won't need need to be, need to be set free i do love to watch her fly she is the apple of my eye and the only one who keeps my head out of the clouds she tells me dream big even when you feel so small she tells me dream big even when you feel so small my my favorite bird is circling around me i'm hoping she won't need need to be 'cause i don't want to set her free
13.	Make Me Believe 03:55	lyrics
i drink only to swallow the pills that are assigned to me and my youth it does its best to escape my memory i speak with those i love to understand why loss fits the story then again, who am i? i hold on to a rose and a bottle of red wine the rose she didn't last, loneliness left the bottle dry i dream of having my heroes dancing at my side swinging their finest ladies don't let me let this dream die who am i, to you? who am i, to me? who am i, going to be? make me believe a dusty book lays in a shelf so close to where i sleep i reach out for the words but they terrify me so i roll the other way and hope when i return they're gone but my curiosity keeps me hanging on who am i aiming to please outside my pounding chest i'm not ashamed to say i wonder how i'll meet my death i've never read the bible and i don't believe in god so who will i meet on judgment day the day that i am gone who am i, to you? who am i, to me? who am i, going to be? make me believe i hear you say to me you'll know in time, time, time but i hope you hear me scream i'm losing my mind, mind, mind all i really want to know is who am i, to you? who am i, to me? who am i, going to be? make me believe who am i? make me believe! who am i? make me believe! who am i, going to be? make me believe! make me believe.
14.	Telephone Down 03:37	lyrics
free, lost i apologize cut off do you know why? forced into a corner i was screaming under water did you hear me? do you hear me? i put the telephone down to avoid hearing you breaking down, down, down hearing you breaking down, down, down holding onto smiles they were locked on me as a child then you went away father explained everything the cards that you were holding they've all been blown away i'm a smiling man but a smiling man that another woman made so i put the telephone down to avoid hearing you break down i put the telephone down to avoid hearing you break down so you don't want to sleep you're too scared, too scared to dream so why don't you why don't you stay awake all night watch the stars get swallowed by the new day's light mama you're crazy mama you're crazy woman you're crazy so you can't blame me for putting the telephone down
15.	Stop And Dream 03:08	lyrics
a rooster crows we'll tiptoe down the hall the kids will grow and then they'll go take care of us we laugh out loud talking about when she fell down the first time her little legs tried to walk we were so proud so we talk about it all the time the moon is growing over the field that the sun kissed earlier she brings along the stars so i am always pleased to see her the candle you're holding is dancing with the wind we walk as a family down the road the kids will grow and then they'll go make a family of their own if you feel lonely go ahead think of me but don't you forget to stop and dream if you get lonely go ahead think of me but don't you forget to stop and dream
16.	Alabama 01:29	lyrics
girl from alabama made her way to georgia held hands with a boy all the way to new jersey he got work in new york city had a couple of babies who moved south to washington dc one got a key to virginia found himself a little lover holds her closer than a bottle of beam he puts his five to a six string and every night that he does sing he knows this is exactly what he needs he knows this is exactly what he needs i know this is the life for me

credits

released September 14, 2010

Envisioned and Written by Taylor Carson
Produced by Todd Wright
Executive Production by James Kenly
Made Possible by Katherine Engelhard Pingree

Recorded by Todd Wright at Loch Ness Dachshund Studios in Leesburg, VA
Mixing by Micah Wilshire
Mastered by Lane Gibson at Lane Gibson Recording and Mastering in Charlotte, VT
Album Artwork by Rob Helmstetter
Photography by Evan Jake Cohen

Development and Web Design by Matt York
Production Management by Erin “Syd” Sidney
Manufacturing by OasisCD
Management by Horizons Management

Performed by Taylor Carson
With Special Guests: Todd Wright, Jamie Watkins, Patrick Thornton, Jared Bartlett, Buddy Speir, Scott Simons, Scott Harlan, Mark Williams, Kevin Cordt, Melissa Christopher Green, Jonathan Carroll, Matt McGinn, Ryan Wright, Jennifer Smith

C TAC Records LLC
P Honey Badger Music