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Colter Wall — Sleeping On The Blacktop
Album: Imaginary Appalachia
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Released: 2015
Length: 3:06
Plays (last 30 days): 4
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Sunshine beating on the good times
Moonlight raising from the grave
String band playing worn out honkey-tonks
Pretty young thing going dancing in the rain

High heel lady spitting at the nickajack
Business man with a needle and a spoon
Coyote chewing on a cigarette
Pack o' young boys going howlin' at the moon

Hey darlin'!
Sleeping on the blacktop
Hey darlin'!
Running through the trees honey
Hey darlin'!
Leaving for the next town
Less'n my sense catches up with me

Three dead in a crash on the number 4
Two witnesses below and up high
Not sure whose will be done
You can call me a sinner for wondering why

Hey darlin'!
Sleeping on the blacktop
Hey darlin'!
Running through the trees honey
Hey darlin'!
Leaving for the next town
Less'n my sense catches up with me

Corn liquor tastes sweeter in this town
Could it be it's the same as the last?
I swear I've seen ya face elsewhere before
Just as familiar as a bottle and a glass

Hey darlin'!
Sleeping on the blacktop
Hey darlin'!
Running through the trees honey
Hey darlin'!
Leaving for the next town
Less'n my sense catches up with me
Comments (15)add comment
 SchrodingersCat wrote:

I generally don't like country, but one of my daughters was listening to this a while back, and it really caught me off guard.  Glad to hear it here.  I dig it.



i got really burnt out with the clap-clap, stomp stomp music of the last many years that seems to dominate...but i REALLY like this for some reason. it doesn't seem "put on" kinda seems authentic, for lack of better words. very nice.
Posted 4 months ago by lily34    [ Reply ]
Wow. This sounds a lot different than his last few records. He really leans into the cowboy-on-the-trail vibe these days. This is good but I really like his current vibe.
Posted 4 months ago by stevebeaver    [ Reply ]
.....this Canadian prairie lad delivers the goods....
Posted 4 months ago by dynaskiballface    [ Reply ]
 bimmerfan739 wrote:
Good description. I watched/listened to a full concert of RWH a while back, just him and his guitar sitting on a stool. A lot going on there.

Escapes my observation. Hey Darlin' you bore me to...
Posted 10 months ago by thisbody    [ Reply ]
 bimmerfan739 wrote:

I hear a less gruff Ray Wylie Hubbard. Not so much the voice as the song structure.



Good description. I watched/listened to a full concert of RWH a while back, just him and his guitar sitting on a stool. A lot going on there.
Posted 11 months ago by bimmerfan739    [ Reply ]
His more recent work is even better. I had the pleasure of producing a show where he performed. He is polite and considerate, and the real deal.
Posted 1 year ago by curtlichter    [ Reply ]
I hear a less gruff Ray Wylie Hubbard. Not so much the voice as the song structure.
Posted 2 years ago by bimmerfan739    [ Reply ]
I generally don't like country, but one of my daughters was listening to this a while back, and it really caught me off guard.  Glad to hear it here.  I dig it.
Posted 2 years ago by SchrodingersCat    [ Reply ]
First heard this in the Sound Track of Hell or High Water. Punches me every time I hear it.
Posted 2 years ago by k_trout    [ Reply ]
This is great!!!
Posted 2 years ago by NadjaM28    [ Reply ]
Why does he sound like an fellow Australian? I like it because or in spite of that I don't know.
Posted 3 years ago by janac13    [ Reply ]
Wow - very nice.
Posted 3 years ago by garyalex    [ Reply ]
Solid young guy from Swift Current Saskatchewan!
Posted 3 years ago by Gary59    [ Reply ]
It's got good grit. 
Posted 3 years ago by dmcanany    [ Reply ]
Another song with no reviews? Strange song.. reminds me of my days in Appalachia...
Posted 3 years ago by Ipse_Dixit    [ Reply ]