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Old Soul

by Kathryn Legendre

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1.
I’m sorry that you had to hang around with me I was a no good woman with a wore out ring trouble always seemed to come ‘round my door and when it got me out, I went lookin’ for more I know you don’t wanna hear the same old things but I’m getting it together up in Bowling Green I ain’t done much in this whole life 
 but when you found me babe, I was another man’s wife and I can’t take back the things I’ve done always looking for new ways to run just to find myself in the middle of the road picking up the pieces that I just let go spent my nights drinkin’ in a Warren bar taking sips of bourbon from a mason jar wearing out my welcome every place I strayed so I packed my things and then I stole away well, I made to the chapel come the morning light thought I’d ask the Lord above to leave my sins behind but the preacher man said that ain’t the way to go ‘cause even Jesus Christ can’t ever save my soul well, I can’t take back the things I’ve done always looking for new ways to run just to find myself in the middle of the road picking up the pieces that I just let go no, I can’t take back the things I’ve done always looking for new ways to run just to find myself in the middle of the road picking up the pieces that I just let go
2.
Old Soul 02:34
there was an AM country station that my grandpa dearly loved he had it playing every time I hopped into his truck he taught me ‘bout good livin’ from a two-lane Texas road and from then I became an old soul I was raised to count my blessings, you could never work too hard to do all things with love, and put your trust in faith and God it’s a shame that when I look around, I don’t see that no more I guess that’s what makes me an old soul it ain’t about a memory, it ain’t about the past it's just about appreciatig everything you have these words, they run much deeper, than a girl could ever know it seems I’ll always be an old soul I know that times are different, and the world is bound to change but I'll carry on the wisdom that I hold beyond my age I’ll tend this simple heart of mine, and pray the feeling grows 'cause that’s just what makes me and old soul and it ain’t about a memory, it ain’t about the past it's just about appreciating everything you have these words, they run much deeper, than a girl could ever know it seems I’ll always be an old soul there was an AM country station that my grandpa dearly loved...
3.
most days I look frequent all the places that you did hoping that your spirit haunts these walls I travel to the corners of this God forsaken earth just to find a better place to fall you can live in that time if you want to don't let nobody tell you no oh me, you're like a candle in my dreams fading like the years I wish I'd known at night I like to close my eyes and make believe its real maybe if I wish it hard enough but time can be a selfish kind in every day gone by keeping for himself, the ones I love you can live in that time if you want to don't let nobody tell you no oh me, you're like a candle in my dreams fading like the years I wish I'd known lately all I need is just a record spin away let the needle drop then let me go find me with the country men, the rock n rollin' queens fading like the years I wish I'd known you can live in that time if you want to don't let nobody tell you no oh me, you're like a candle in my dreams fading like the years I wish I'd known oh me, you're like a candle in my dreams fading like the years I wish I'd known
4.
came home today with a tear in my eye wishing I'd punched that old clock my last time boy, I sure hate to let it get me down this way but this old life just ain't a game that I play it's days like these when I've got it all wrong working for what, 'til the feeling's all gone it ain't worth the fight, I know that much is true but it's days like these I don't know what to do it's days like these I don't know what to do I've never been lost, but I've never been found doing what they say with both feet on the ground God only knows what I may have in store but I know that there's got, there must be something more it's days like these when I've got it all wrong working for what, 'til the feeling's all gone it ain't worth the fight, I know that much is true but it's days like these I don't know what to do it's days like these I don't know what to do the day has run long, I'm tired and spent can't tell if this life is the one that I'm meant tried to find peace on a street heading south when I get there I'll see what this pain's all about it's days like these when I've got it all wrong working for what, 'til the feeling's all gone it ain't worth the fight, I know that much is true but it's days like these I don't know what to do it's days like these I don't know what to do
5.
I ain't through lovin' you so please don't turn around and walk away like others do leaving me alone would leave me sad and blue but I ain't through lovin' you so let me know if you'll be around my last girl built me high, left me crashing to the ground I'll do anything that you want me to oh, I ain't through lovin' you I ain't through lovin' you so please stop blaming me for all that shit I didn't do it's the same old thing my last one used to do but I ain't through lovin' and I ain't through lovin' I ain't through lovin' you, no
6.
Roy Rogers 02:39
well, he thought he was a real Roy Rogers riding high in them cowboy plains but he ain’t ever seen no saddle and he ain’t ever held no reins he wants to be a country western singer go on about his outlaw ways but he ain’t gonna get no better if he ain’t got no back to break oh yeah, the highway it ain’t the right way it ain’t the only way to get around you can’t pretend, son ‘bout where you’ve been, son ‘cause in the end it’ll only bring you down he better watch on the ground he’s walkin’ if he ain’t got his own set of roots ‘cause any wanderin’ soul can get a cowboy hat and any fool can wear a pair of boots now he says he wants to move to Nashville and make his home on that music row but if he’s singing ‘bout a life that he ain’t ever had he better find another place to go oh yeah, the highway it ain’t the right way it ain’t the only way to get around you can’t pretend, son ‘bout where you’ve been, son ‘cause in the end it’ll only bring you down yeah, in the end it’ll only bring you down
7.
lately she’s been striking matches so she can feel a flame but all she’s got is a pile of ashes, no one calls her name her hands are cold and empty, but there’s a fire in her soul and tonight she’ll let it all go up in smoke she’s setting the hills on fire Lord, you best stay out her way another man went and broke her heart and now there’s hell to pay instead of being lonely she’s gonna set it all ablaze she’s setting the hills on fire today feeling like a burning ember somewhere in the wind she’ll leave this place behind in cinders, to find herself again the glow is growing steady, you can see from miles away and it’ll go all night ‘til that fire takes all her pain she’s setting the hills on fire Lord, you best stay out her way another man went and broke her heart and now there’s hell to pay instead of being lonely she’s gonna set it all ablaze she’s setting the hills on fire today oh, she’s setting the hills on fire today
8.
Guy 04:56
if I could sit in a room with him I imagine that it’d smell like wood the walls would tick, the floor would creak the way that old timbers should and in-between rhymes, he’d grab on his knee and laugh about a time in the past coaxing his guitar in sweet harmony while the air just hummed in the back I fear that I’d not know just what to say what would I if I even tried? my ramblin’ done, forgotten by all of the things that he’s heard in time but I hope that he’d know that all of his wisdom won’t be lost on my younger age I’d write it all down, and lock it on up to recall for the rest of my days won’t you sing me a song tonight? I won’t mind if you forget the words just to hear the cracks in your dry, honest voice would truly mean the world I don’t need no blinding lights an old chair would suit me just fine it’d be such a thrill, no heart standing still if you’d sing me a song tonight his words fill a room like a warm memory eyes thin as they squint while he sings his hands move in line to the rhythm and time with a glint from his silver, stone ring and with a flick of his thumb, calloused and worn on a set of six shiny, steel strings maybe being so close, some of that stuff could eventually rub off on me won’t you sing me a song tonight? I won’t mind if you forget the words just to hear the cracks in your dry, honest voice would truly mean the world I don’t need no blinding lights an old chair would suit me just fine it’d be such a thrill, no heart standing still if you’d sing me a song tonight it’d be such a thrill, no heart standing still if you’d sing me a song tonight
9.
I started drinking whiskey again I went and threw myself back in I said I was through, but I guess that ain’t true ‘cause I started drinking whiskey again I really liked to drink my wine it really helped to ease my mind but it couldn’t start me up the way that Jack Daniels does so I started drinking whiskey again I get the feeling when the sun goes down feeling loose, ready to hit the town well, the day’s all been spent, but it’s too early to quit so I started drinking whiskey again you can find me under neon lights where the music and the drinking’s right won’t you fill it to the top, ‘cause this is all that I got since I started drinking whiskey again I started drinking whiskey again I went and threw myself back in I said I was through, so if this sounds out of tune it’s ‘cause I started drinking whiskey again
10.
it’s true when they say you don’t know what you got ‘til it’s gone there’s something in the way it’s breaking your heart for so long your memory’s in the hill country wind and it hurts to know that I can’t go back again it’s a hard road to go down to San Antone these days things just ain’t the same and every time I know there ain’t nobody home I wish I could, but I can’t stay around this time of year a southbound road starts calling my name so tell me why I gotta fear each mile that moves me back from where I came 'cause your memory’s in the hill country wind and it hurts to know that I can’t go back again it’s a hard road to go down to San Antone these days things just ain’t the same and every time I know there ain’t nobody home I wish I could, but I can’t stay I wish I could’ve seen it one last time before you left this life of ours behind and your memory’s in the hill country wind it still hurts to know that I can’t go back again it’s a hard road to go down to San Antone these days things just ain’t the same and every time I know there ain’t nobody home I wish I could, but I can’t stay I wish I could, but I can't stay

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released October 15, 2013

vocals: Kathryn Legendre
vocals (5), backup vocals, guitar, bass (2, 4, 5, 7): Brian Broussard
drums: Taylor Englert
bass (1, 3, 6, 9): Jason Richard
fiddle: Bennett Brown
pedal steel, dobro: Zachary Moulton
mandolin: Brennen Leigh
backup vocals (2): Selena Rosanbalm

Recorded, Engineered, and Mastered by Jason Richard at Clockright Studio

Produced by Jason Richard and Brian Broussard

All songs written by Kathryn Legendre, except for “I Ain’t Through Lovin’ You,” written by Brian Broussard

Photography by Sara Strick

Design by Kathryn Legendre

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