Peace Anyway has been getting some play at recent shows and I can't even begin to tell you how much I love this song. Crowesbase details that Peace Anyway "[e]volved from Peace Anyway Jam. There are two studio versions of this song. The unreleased Band version and the BYS B-side." And, also that it's been played 24 times live. So, Peace Anyway was never officially released but no matter because any live version is much better than the studio versions.
Here's why I love Peace Anyway . . . it's just perfect. I know I say that all the time but wow, TBC is just the best. Peace Anyway is a beautiful song in its message, in its jam . . . and then there is the one part of it that seals the deal for me. Check out the version from Nashville at the Ryman below . . . specifically, at 4.00 - 4.14 -- Chris's voice at that moment is just !!! I mean, there is nothing better.
You're not promised a hot meal It's just another raw deal Just another rainy day, everyday yeah So you say that you cannot relate No, no its not up for debate You know your bills they cannot wait But you still have time
So your bright eyes, they don't shine And your watch, it don't keep time Well guess what, neither does mine Neither does mine It just makes you want to cry Just drink it all and say goodnight But giving up don't make it right alright, alright
CHORUS
And well I know that you might get so scared Well, about what you find What it means to you baby when you get there
CHORUS CHORUS (repeated)
Anyway, first of my last three TBC shows for the year is tomorrow. I CANNOT WAIT!!!!
Good Morning Captain is the song TBC is starting a ton of their sets with and, honestly, it's an AMAZING song with which to start a show. Good Morning Captain is off Before the Frost . . . and has already been played 42 times live. In fact, TBC played Good Morning Captain on Letterman to promote the current album.
Good Morning Captain employees some of my favourite opening lyrics of any TBC song because the lines: 1) are so incredibly catchy; and 2) immediately paint a picture. I adore these lines -- "Well there's a ruckus on the levee / Unruly crowd on the courthouse steps," and Good Morning Captain.
Well there's a ruckus on the levee Unruly crowd on the courthouse steps And if I make it to Sunday I'm sho'nuff going to ask the good lord for help
With a mouthful of salt I tried to explain If money was sand I couldn't hold one grain Feel like a thief that knows he's been framed For leaving the watch but stealing the chain
Good morning captain I wish there was another way But my baby is wantin' Me to roll around in her bed all day
Well the late night's got me reeling Spilling out the bottle right into the next day Got a funny little feeling Gonna be like this until my dying day
There's mud in my eye but I can still see Everybody in town is trying to murder me If they don't get me s'pose the hangman will I better think twice about making this deal
Good morning captain I wish there was another way But my baby is wantin' Me to roll around in her bed all day
Magnolia, magnolia Let me rest under the shade of your leaves
Good morning captain I wish there was another way But my baby is wantin' Me to roll around in her bed all day
Good morning captain I wish there was another way But my baby is wantin' Me to roll around in her bed all day
Fork In The River is off Until The Freeze . . . and has been played 13 times live on this tour so far. I've been thinking a lot about Fork In The River because it's on my November mix and because I'll be seeing TBC the next three weekends and it's one of the songs I'm hoping to hear at one of those three shows! Fork In The River is definitely one of my favourite songs off UTF but then again, the entire album is love to me!
The reason why Fork In The Rive made it on to my November mix is likely the chorus: "There's a fork in the river / No time to think twice / A change in the weather / So keep close an eye / A hissing in the wood pile / A voice on the wind / A fork on the river is where we begin." Of course, the entire feeling of the song doesn't hurt either.
For me, Fork In The River defines the Cabin Fever recording session that took place almost a year ago in Levon Helm's barn studio. That is, Fork In The River is about choices and about change, and there is definitely a feeling of . . . it's almost winter . . . about the song. TBC made an amazing choice in playing and recording BTF/UTF live, and in the way they did it: in the barn and in front of their closest fans . . . and just look how great it turned out. I'm grateful every day for these albums.
Two notes for now: 1) CABIN FEVER DVD COMES OUT NOVEMBER 23RD!!!!!; and 2) I'll be recapping the three shows I'm going to in the next three weeks so be on the look-out for set-lists, photos and videos from Reno, Vegas and SF! ♥ ♥ ♥
The wine may have gone sour But you can't blame the band Like you can't blame the locusts For drought on the land You can't blame the sea 'Cause it's full of your tears And you can't blame me For wanting you here
There's a fork in the river No time to think twice A change in the weather So keep close at night A hissing in the wood pile A voice on the wind A fork on the river is where we begin
I once found a rainbow Lyin' flat on the ground But I just kept walkin' Thinking more were around The buzzard, the joker The beggar, the throne The roses, the sugar No safe passage home
There's a fork in the river No time to think twice A change in the weather So keep close an eye A hissing in the wood pile A voice on the wind A fork on the river is where we begin
A fork in the river No time to think twice A change in the weather So keep close an eye A hissing in the wood pile A voice on the wind A fork on the river is where we begin A fork on the river is where we begin A fork on the river is where we begin
