Shade of Wit

Recorded above the Red Room in Durham 1.12.13

Written and recorded at Wild Acres retreat in Little Switzerland, NC. Autumn 2015

Six Swans

in the autumn riding along 
on the stereo playing our song 
got you out of your little town 
got me out of the city for now 
in the wagon windows down 
in the basement rolling around 
and i held you in my arms 
nothing could ever do us no harm 
no one could ever keep us apart but 

we could never last 
i was self-obsessed 
making my little world 
and you were the girl that i liked best 
we could never last 
i was self-obsessed 
you were adorable 
but i was self-obsessed 

in the summer running round in the rain 
couldn't help but get us swept away 
loved you like an old friend of mine 
loved you like i couldn't help but crying 
making patches stitching 'em on 
after practice i'll play you a song 
at the show you'd stand to the side 
loved you with everything inside 
loved you maybe til the day we died but 

we could never last 
i was self-obsessed 
making my little world 
and you were the girl that i liked best 
we could never last 
i was self-obsessed 
you were adorable 
but i was self-obsessed 

and if i had the chance again i'd hold you tight 
and if i had the chance again we'd drive all night 

getting lost in a northern town 
in the backseat rolling around 
had a pretty flower in your hair 
million miles an hour not a care 
in the summer running round in the rain 
couldn't help but get us swept away 
loved you like an old friend of mine 
loved you like i couldn't help but crying 
loved you maybe til the day we died but 

we could never last 
i was self-obsessed 
making my little world 
and you were the girl that i liked best 
we could never last 
i was self-obsessed 
you were adorable 

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vocals/guitar/bass/drums - jesse dylan 
organ/backing vocals - dave cohen 
additional backing vocals - lelia broussard + gina schiappacasse 

engineered + mixed by john thayer 
mastered by tj lipple 
recorded at thump recording studio in greenpoint, brooklyn 
produced by jesse dylan & john thayer 

cover photo by shervin lainez

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Jeff Stockton sang this to a folksong collector in Flag Pond, Tenn sometime in 1916.  Check out Shirley Collins' and Dragging an Ox Through Water's versions as well.

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