Name: Man of Constant Sorrow by GW Childs IV
Duration: 3 min 17 s
Description: Return to the soggy bottoms with a fresh, hybrid reinterpretation of one of the coolest bluegrass songs to hit in many years. Think Ricky Skaggs meets Nine Inch Nails. O Brother Where Art Thou is reimagined with a dark, modern twist.

My main theme from the canceled game Star Wars 1313, recorded at Abbey Road with the London Symphony Orchestra

Main Title from Star Wars 1313

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This is a song I wrote with Lennie West. I hope you enjoy it.

[Verse]
I wanna ride with you down south
She looked me in the eye, put a twig in her mouth
she said okay, okay, she said okay

She looked to her left and she looked to her right
And then she shook her hips, man, this girl's out of sight
I said okay, okay, I said okay

[Chorus]
With a twinkle in her eyes as she looks at me
Kiss me on my lips, yeah, it's plain to see
I got the one and she's got me forever

[Verse]
I wanna ride with you down south
Put our bags in the Chevy and we rolled on out
She said okay, okay, she said okay

Doesn't matter where we go, it don't matter how far
As long as we're together in this beat-up car
I said okay, okay, I said okay

[Bridge]
It's been twenty-three long years since I last held her
I listen to the wind just to hear her song
I ride the highways now, the roads that we belonged
I whisper to the wind to hear her voice again, to hear her song

[Verse]
I wanna ride with you down south
She looked me in the eye, put a twig in her mouth
She said okay, okay, I said okay

[Chorus]
With a twinkle in her eyes as she looked at me
Kissed me on my lips, yeah, it was plain to see
I had the one and she's got me forever and ever

South

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How do you recover when you know your relationship won't recover? Grief can't live on inside you forever. Sometimes you have to let it go. This song hovers in-between both. Rejoicing in what was but grieving deeply it what is no more.

Interior Monologue

Return to the soggy bottoms with a fresh, hybrid reinterpretation of one of the coolest bluegrass songs to hit in many years. Think Ricky Skaggs meets Nine Inch Nails. O Brother Where Art Thou is reimagined with a dark, modern twist.

Man of Constant Sorrow

This is a little track I wrote with my son in mind. It's titled Chesed and is the name of the Sephira of Mercy, on the Tree of Life. George, I hope through your life, you show yourself as much mercy as you show others. And, in turn, I hope, my baby boy, you are always shown mercy.

Chesed

🎶 G.W. Childs is a musician, producer, and sound designer blending country, rock, and synth-pop — think The Eagles meets The Weeknd. He’s released music with COP International and Cleopatra Records, collaborated with John Fryer and Tina Root (Switchblade Symphony), and contributed creative work at Lucasfilm. As a sound designer for Propellerhead’s Reason, he helped shape one of the most iconic music tools of its era.
Pulling from influences like the BeeGees, ABBA, Marvin Gaye and Smokey Robbins and mixing with Depeche Mode and Kraftwerk. Every music listener will find something new and familiar in timeless tracks that deliver big hooks and crafty melodies. 

As a sound designer for major developers like LucasArts, Lucasfilm, Propellerheads, Cakewalk, MTV, US Army and more. Childs explores a wide list of topics from a veterans perspective.

Man of Constant Sorrow

GW Childs IV

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