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Reckless Skyline

by Caitlin Canty

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1.
Get Up 03:44
Get up get up get up No time to rest or run for cover Get up get up get up Before the road pulls you under Sleeping on embers breathing in rivers Waking up shivering on summer’s hottest night Salt crusted sweat dries dust deep in white lines Dreaming that you’ll find it in the nick of time Get up get up get up No time to rest or run for cover Get up get up get up Before the road pulls you under Knock the breath out of your madness Burn your photographs at the edges Send your heart back from where you left it Took a long way to come here Got a long way to go Climbing up switchbacks Walking through tall grass the color of matches On summer’s hottest night Charred bark and dusty ash Burned out two years back Dreaming that you’ll find it in the nick of time Knock the breath out of your madness Burn your photographs at the edges Send your heart back from where you left it Took a long way to come here Got a long way Get up
2.
True 03:46
How can I be true to you And true to me Once it was the same thing All along I followed you Faithfully And you followed me Would you hold me now The fire’s cold We're down to embers Got a head full of champagne I could float away We’re only tethered here How can I belong to you And belong to me Once I saw it clearly I cannot fail you You cannot fail me Once it was the same thing Would you hold me now The fire’s cold we’re down to embers I got a head full of champagne I could float away we’re only tethered here Tell me you know we’re only tethered here Show me you feel the same Tell me you know How can I be true to you And true to me Once it was the same thing
3.
One Man 04:09
Wears her best for one man Placed her bets on one man Her hopes rest on one man Have you seen this man The highway bends for one man The sun sets on one man A silhouette of one man Rivers race to one man Carve their way to one man The moon traces one man Have you seen this man How could you know one man How could you hold one man Could you lie for one man Have you seen this man Wears her best for one man Placed her bets on one man Her hopes rest on one man Her last breath for one man Her last breath for one man One man Only one man
4.
I’ve seen you tearing down the highway I’ve seen you standing in the shade I’ve seen you holding a baby My love for you will not fade The wind he whispers to the golden light The wind he glances off the lake Autumn is putting up a good old fight My love for you will not fade The pen is only for the paper The ink aches for the page The water wants to be a river My love for you will not fade My love for you will not fade My love for you has not faded I won’t go gentle in the deep dark night Like wind painting lace on the waves I’ll roll you over in the pale moonlight My love for you will not fade Black river hotter than the July sun Wild fire on a bloodshot day When our ashes have burned to dust My love for you will not fade I wrote seven lines only seven lines Only took seven lines to send it away You wrote seven lines only seven lines Only took seven lines to send it away My love for you will not fade My love for you will not fade My love for you is not faded I’ve seen you tearing down the highway I’ve seen you standing in the shade I’ve seen you holding a baby
5.
How fast we ran into the garden Honeyed air the breath of morning He took my hand the birds were calling Said we could stay The hills they rang out with our laughter As we walked and wandered farther We lay our bodies in the river And washed away Now the sun is growing tired She lays her head down in the fire And I would stay right here forever But someone waits for me I keep trying to find the garden I doubled back voice sore from calling I left him there Did I imagine The sweetest taste   The brightest day
6.
Enough about hard times you fell on your own knife enough about leaving unless you're going to go Trying to make the wine last longer than one night Trying to find out what you'll never know You left the window open Now what ain't gone is going Our hands are only cold at night The storm door glass is broken I can't see what I'm holding So tired of trying to know what's right Enough about hard times you fell on your own knife Enough about leaving unless you're going to go Trying to make the wine last longer than one night Trying to find out what you'll never know Leaves on the highway rolling They don’t care where they're going Still chasing jet trails in the sky And there's no way of knowing If it got lost or stolen But now my arms are open wide Enough about hard times you fell on your own knife Enough about leaving unless you're going to go Enough about leaving unless you're going to go
7.
I wore your ring until the stone fell out I wore your ring until the stone fell out Lost the damn thing I wore these boots until the ground wore through I wore these boots until the ground wore through Feel the stones now What will I do What will I do What will I do to your love What would I wear if not your hand me downs What would I wear if not your hand me downs Would I be cold Would I be proud What will I do What will I do What will I do to your love
8.
My baby don't care about it My baby don't mind at all He wouldn't have moaned about it He wouldn't have carried on Couldn't care at all I'm telling him where we're going I answer each time he calls I waited until the morning I waited until the dawn Couldn't care at all Why you gotta let me down My baby don't care about it My baby don't mind at all My baby don't care about it My baby don't mind at all My baby don't care at all
9.
Southern Man 03:43
Southern man in a northern land You know where to put your hands when we dance Call me darlin You’re a hard man to understand Southern man Swing me ‘round to an old time band Hold me close with two strong hands All my plans don’t mean nothing You’re a hard man to withstand Southern man Working man with calloused hands Gentler than a gentleman Hold me tight The world is put right You’re a good man to stand by Man of mine I can't let my hair down Southern man in a northern land You know where to put your hands when we dance Hold me so tight You’re a good man to stand by Man of mine
10.
I Never 03:19
I was watching the sun paint a reckless skyline Could be sitting on a front porch with a summer sigh There's a beacon of some sort Light to galvanize I never have dry land Always have sky I was walking to the water took the long way around Heart dry as tinder hardly made a sound I waited on the answer hand turned to brine I never have patience I always have time [Always have time, I always have time, never have patience, always have time] I was waiting on my old man working 5 to 9 Kept looking for a loophole to help him kill the time Dry as any desert he drank everything in sight He never has water he always has wine [ Always has wine…] Can you keep the pain out and just let in the breeze When I leave the door open the wind blows in all the leaves Will I know when I get there or just drive on by I never have answers I only ask why [Only ask why...] Where is my daughter where is my son Will he be honest - she, strong enough How they sparkle brightest penny you'll find You'll never be ready, always be fine January sidewalk your hand to mine Found every reason to lay or lie Old pair of blue jeans pair of denim eyes I’ll never be yours
11.
She used to work in a diner Never saw a woman look finer I used to order just to watch her float across the floor She grew up in a small town Never put her roots down Daddy always kept moving so she did too Somewhere on a desert highway She rides a Harley-Davidson Her long blonde hair flying in the wind She's been running half her life The chrome and steel she rides Colliding with the very air she breathes The air she breathes You know it ain't easy You got to hold on She was an unknown legend in her time Now she's dressing two kids Looking for a magic kiss She gets the faraway look in her eyes Somewhere on a desert highway She rides a Harley-Davidson Her long blonde hair flying in the wind She's been running half her life The chrome and steel she rides Colliding with the very air she breathes The air she breathes
12.
Cold Habit 03:30
Wind’s blowing notes off the empty beer bottles You’re making a small ember glow Summer can’t hold off the cold forever Soon our hands will be burning from the snow A cold habit Lazy smile shining at me every time I think of leaving Leaning back below the porch light talking low You could say the sun sets in the east and I’d believe it All I know I will miss you when I go And your cold habit Cold, cold habit Wind’s blowing notes off the empty beer bottles

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Reckless Skyline features an all-star band on twelve songs that veer nimbly between country ballads, dark blues and sparsely arranged folk. Produced by acclaimed songwriter Jeffrey Foucault and recorded live in four days at the cavernous Sonelab studio in Massachusetts, the band worked fast and hard, cutting 19 tracks in all. Along with Canty, they create a sound that harnesses the grit and spark at the heart of American music, tempered with a voice both haunting and distinct.

“A casually devastating voice and unshakable poise” - San Francisco Chronicle

“Reckless Skyline manages to combine elements of folk, blues, country and rock without sounding unfocused” – AllMusic

“A stirring, pedal steel-powered pep talk from a Nashville-bound songwriter” – NPR Music

"A delight... Fine songwriting on an album of 12 really strong songs" – The Telegraph

“The Vermont-raised singer-songwriter has an Appalachian grit” – The Bluegrass Situation

“Tapping into blues, country, mountain ballads, and roots rock, Canty’s songs have an elemental sound – reflecting the influence of such songwriters as Lucinda Williams, Gillian Welch, Johnny Cash and Tom Petty.” - Acoustic Guitar

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released January 20, 2015

Produced by Jeffrey Foucault

Caitlin Canty - Vocals, acoustic guitar
Billy Conway - Drums, percussion
Jeremy Moses Curtis - Electric and upright bass
Jeffrey Foucault - Vocals, electric and acoustic guitars, bottleneck slide electric guitar, octave mandolin
Eric Heywood - Pedal steel, electric and acoustic guitars
Matt Lorenz - Vocals, pump organ, electric and acoustic guitars, piano, banjo, fiddle
Kate Lorenz - Vocals
Harris Paseltiner - Cello

Engineered and mixed by Justin Pizzoferrato at Sonelab Studios in Easthampton, MA

Mastered by Alex McCollough at Yes Master, Nashville, TN

Album cover design by Erick Montes. Cover photo by Jay Sansone.

All songs written by Caitlin Canty © 2014 Silver Giblet Publishing (ASCAP), except “Get Up” (C. Canty, Steve Addabbo, "Enough About Hard Times" (C. Canty, Matt Lorenz) and "Unknown Legend" (Neil Young).
All Rights Reserved. www.caitlincanty.com

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