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Released November 2016
Produced by Shawn Nelson
Engineered & Mixed by Patrick Herzfeld 
Recorded Live on May 25 2016 at Signal Hill Studio in Austin, TX 
Mastered by Jerry Tubb
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Written By Shawn Nelson
© 2016 Fonky Tonk Music (BMI) All Rights Reserved 
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Shawn Nelson - Vocals & Acoustic Guitar 
Matt Slusher - Lead Acoustic Guitar & Harmony Vocals 
Fletcher Murchison - Acoustic Mandolin & Harmony Vocals 
Morgan Patrick Thompson - Upright Bass
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CRUEL OL' WORLD
Momma told me ‘bout the boys in school
Who left for Vietnam
And the ones who made it back didn’t understand
Why no one gave a damn
And all the heroes of World War II
Didn’t know what to say or do
They killed a President down in Dallas
In the middle of the afternoon

Baby it’s a cruel, cruel ol world
Everybody knows
You are on you’re own

When I grew up down in HTown
The rock was everywhere
They were selling that stuff from the Contras
And no one seemed to care
And all the hippies from the sixties
Had children of their own
They gave up the fight for what is right
And moved out to the suburbs

chorus
Baby it’s a cruel, cruel ol world
Everybody knows
You are on you’re own

So dark and evil for so long
Got to feelin’ normal
‘Til the Towers fell and everybody knelt
At the altar of confusion
Now the wars they won’t end
Got us all in the crosshairs
Tell me who do they save with the wars they wage
In the name of America

Lord I wish TuPac was here
To tell it like it is
He spit truth to power, called them liars and cowards
So they sent him up to Heaven
Like Jesus Christ, JFK
Martin Luther King
And Malcolm X, Robert Kennedy
And the one and only Bob Marley

Cruel Ol' World

Recorded at Signal Hill Studio in Austin, TX on July 2 2020. Engineered, Mixed and Mastered by Patrick Herzfeld. Morgan Thompson - Bass; Adam Johnson - Electric Guitar; Patrick Herzfeld - Drums, Keys & Guitar; Shawn Nelson - Acoustic & Electric Guitar & Vocals. Written by Shawn Nelson.  
© Fonky Tonk Music. BMI. 2020.

2020

The Devil's Kingdom

Oh Lord

Recorded at Signal Hill Studio in Austin, TX on July 2 2020. Engineered, Mixed and Mastered by Patrick Herzfeld. Morgan Thompson - Bass; Adam Johnson - Electric Guitar; Patrick Herzfeld - Drums, Keys & Guitar; Adam Stern - Steel Guitar; Shawn Nelson - Acoustic Guitar & Vocals. Written by Shawn Nelson.  
© Fonky Tonk Music. BMI. 2020.

We'll Be Together Again

Recorded at Signal Hill Studio in Austin, TX on July 2 2020. Engineered, Mixed and Mastered by Patrick Herzfeld. Morgan Thompson - Bass; Adam Johnson - Electric Guitar; Patrick Herzfeld - Drums, Keys & Guitar; Adam Stern - Steel Guitar; Shawn Nelson - Acoustic Guitar & Vocals. Written by Shawn Nelson. 
© Fonky Tonk Music. BMI. 2020

The Pasture

Recorded at Signal Hill Studio in Austin, TX on July 2 2020. Engineered, Mixed and Mastered by Patrick Herzfeld. Morgan Thompson - Bass; Adam Johnson - Electric Guitar; Patrick Herzfeld - Drums, Keys & Guitar; Shawn Nelson - Acoustic Guitar & Vocals. Written by Shawn Nelson. 
© Fonky Tonk Music. BMI. 2020.

Nothin' Left

Lord Have Mercy

Recorded at Signal Hill Studio in Austin, TX on July 2 2020. Engineered, Mixed and Mastered by Patrick Herzfeld. Morgan Thompson - Bass; Adam Johnson - Electric Guitar; Patrick Herzfeld - Drums, Keys & Guitar; Shawn Nelson - Acoustic & Electric Guitar & Vocals. Written by Shawn Nelson. 
© Fonky Tonk Music. BMI. 2020.

That 'Ol Rock N Roll

Recorded at Signal Hill Studio in Austin, TX on July 2 2020. Engineered, Mixed and Mastered by Patrick Herzfeld. Morgan Thompson - Bass; Adam Johnson - Electric Guitar; Patrick Herzfeld - Drums, Keys & Guitar; Adam Stern - Steel Guitar; Shawn Nelson - Acoustic Guitar & Vocals. Written by Shawn Nelson. 
© Fonky Tonk Music. BMI. 2020.

Long Way From My Home

The Mountain

I Am Not Alone

Recorded at Signal Hill Studio in Austin, TX on July 2 2020. 
Engineered, Mixed and Mastered by Patrick Herzfeld. Morgan Thompson - Bass; Adam Johnson - Electric Guitar; Patrick Herzfeld - Drums, Keys & Guitar; Shawn Nelson - Acoustic Guitar & Vocals. 
Written by Shawn Nelson. © Fonky Tonk Music. BMI. 2020.

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