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Cooler Days carries the feel of western Massachusetts settling into autumn. The Americana Project lifts the song with a gentle, roots based touch, letting the melody move like a cold river under bright leaves. This track grew from walking familiar back roads, watching the colors shift, and feeling that quiet mix of change and comfort that arrives when the air turns sharp and the pace of life slows. It is a simple story of fall taking hold, shaped by fiddle, mandolin lines, and the kind of steady playing that lets the landscape speak for itself. 

Cooler Days is the newest piece from The Americana Project, shaped by the shift into a crisp western Mass autumn. Leaves falling fast, woodsmoke rising, and a melody that settles in slow.
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[Verse]
The maples blaze like a barn on fire,
Red and gold in the crisp sun's glow.
I pull my jacket just a little tighter,
The wind's got a bite, and it's starting to show.
Fields of hay wear a frost-tipped crown,
Cooler days are rolling down.

[Chorus]
Cooler days in western Mass,
Leaves fall fast, they never last.
The air smells sharp like wood and rain,
Cooler days, they ease the pain.
Cooler days, they're here at last.

[Verse 2]
The old stone walls wear moss like lace,
Crickets hush in the shadowed vale.
The river's glass, it mirrors my face,
Carving through hills like a well-worn trail.
Chimney smoke curls to a slate-gray sky,
Cooler days are passing by.

[Chorus]
Cooler days in western Mass,
Leaves fall fast, they never last.
The air smells sharp like wood and rain,
Cooler days, they ease the pain.
Cooler days, they're here at last.

[Bridge]
The summer's gone with her lazy hands,
Now autumn's rush takes command.
Boots on the porch, and cider on the stove,
Cooler days, they warm my soul.

[Chorus]
Cooler days in western Mass,
Leaves fall fast, they never last.
The air smells sharp like wood and rain,
Cooler days, they ease the pain.
Cooler days, they're here at last.

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Cooler Days in Western Mass

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Highway Prayers, the latest album from Billy Strings, is out now on Reprise records and CDs.

Recorded in Los Angeles and Nashville, the album features Strings and his longtime band—Billy Failing (banjo, vocals), Royal Masat (bass, vocals), Jarrod Walker (mandolin, vocals) and Alex Hargraves (fiddle)—as well as additional contributions from Jon Brion (bass, drums, percussion), Matt Chamberlain (drums), Jerry Douglas (dobro), Jason Carter (fiddle), Lindsay Lou (backing vocals), Nathaniel Smith (cello), Taneka Samone (backing vocals), Cory Henry (piano), Peter “Madcat” Ruth (harmonica, jaw harp) and Victor Furtado (clawhammer banjo).

Including fan favorites like “Seven Weeks In County,” “Cabin Song,” and “Leadfoot.” Plus treasures in the making “Stratosphere Blues / I Believe in You,” “Gild the Lily,” “Don't Be Calling Me (at 4AM),” and many more.

Twenty songs total! Get your copy today.

Produced by Billy Strings & Jon Brion.