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by Strangers Almanac

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1.
Nights like these you know I'm feeling all right Just me and the boys it's a Friday night Roll down the window when you walk on by You toss yer hair, “hey come along for a ride” Screw all them other guys now it’s you and me We can catch a few beers and sit and drink tv Then out on the dance floor and I realize, when You flash yer smile “oh god I'm in love” with Nights like these Nights like these Nights like these I’m begging you please, for more nights like these. Days like these I think I’m all used up Can I trust myself? am I losing touch? Even odds we called it right from the start Didn't know I'd be gambling with all of my heart for Nights like these Nights like these Nights like these Ya know I think I need, more nights like these Phone call rings in the middle of the night You’re on the bed crying and the world ain’t right Oh C’mon honey, don’t you shut that door Scream out loud Let it all out You need a friend I'll help you figure it out Oh baby, we been here before And I long for, I’m on board for, I’m down I’m knees for more Nights like these Nights like these Nights like these I’m begging you please, for every night like these.
2.
So many years ago You and me were younger We were just setting out On the road that got us here And I know we ain’t made it But I can feel us getting closer I may get distracted, babe But I’ll never disappear Oh we’ve been lost -- -- Lord knows how long its been Got beaten here and there We got even now and then Oh we’ve been lost -- -- Took the same wrong turns again Got exhausted here and there But it never did us in No it never did us in Here’s to the years that lay ahead Where you and me get older Still saddled up and setting out on some old frontier Well, some day when we make it I’ll be riding right beside you I may drive you crazy, babe But I’ll never disappear Oh we’ve been lost -- -- Lord knows how long its been Got beaten here and there We got even now and then Oh we’ve been lost -- -- Took the same wrong turns again Got exhausted here and there But it never did us in No it never did us in I’ll be there Right beside you in the rain Rolling with the punches We got running through our veins Reaching out for something It ain’t easy to explain I don’t know where, But I’ll be there Oh we’ve been lost -- -- But still found every place we’ve been Got beaten here and there We broke even now and then Oh we’ve been lost -- -- Took the same wrong turns again Got exhausted here and there But it never did us in No it never did us in
3.
Invisible 03:51
Invincible or invisible. Whatever is the easier of the two. Put on my boots. Snuff out that jay. Got on my chaps-stick from Dr. J That one big liar. Should be fired. At least until I finish another Whiskey. My thumbs are tired from being wired. Just let my eyelids save the scene I see. Pick up, my truck. Down on my luck. Doesn’t phase me, cops can’t taze me. No end in site. This big highway. And if I die, please clear my historay. That one big liar. Should be fired. At least until I finish another Whiskey. My thumbs are tired from being wired. Just let my eyelids save the scene I see. And if you still see me. Come with me, and you’ll see. That you can just be and completely be and be. Invisible Invisible Invisible Invisible
4.
Sittin here all alone I got nothing else to do Sun is bright and the day is out But I’m feeling blue Shuffle round this place we called home, but I think that’s all through lipstick on this red wine glass reminds me of you I can’t handle all this loneliness and heartache And I can’t take my mind off of you Talk about it with all my friends and the times we been through Their words they echo through my head, saying to leave you But I can’t handle all that loneliness and heartache And I can’t make my mind over you Solo / Bridge No I can’t handle all this loneliness and heartache And I can’t make my mind over you I can’t handle all this loneliness and heartbreak So I won’t make my way back to you
5.
Buckle up, we’re headed on down The bottom of the bottle is hallowed ground Neon lights in nowhere towns Don’t sound like much, but it’s the best I’ve found Whiskey woman won’t you take my hand And waltz with me to the Promised Land I hope there’s honky-tonks in heaven Pretty girls and rodeos Steel guitars and American cars blowin’ down old country roads Well, if there’s honky-tonks in heaven you can meet me by and by Where the desperados pine, for the things they left behind You can follow the neon signs on down To my barstool in the sky Screeching tires baby, shifting gears Make mine a double, I’m in trouble dear I was making money, shaking hands out here But that’s all changed these last few years Whiskey woman won’t you take it slow Take me somewhere the lights stay low… I hope there’s honky-tonks in heaven Pretty girls and rodeos Steel guitars and American cars blowin’ down old country roads Well, if there’s honky-tonks in heaven you can meet me by and by Where the desperados pine, for the things they left behind You can follow the neon signs on down To my barstool in the sky Just follow the neon signs on down To my barstool in the sky
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Abilene 01:10
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Up on a barstool it's 1am I’m loaded on whiskey and grinning a grin I'm all alone thinking about what I done did The hookers that left me and the good times we hid Yah I'm all alone thinking how it's been too long Since I put it all down and put it into a song And then it does hit me like a bolt from above I ain't outta livin, I'm just all out of love [Hold on D] I know what it's like to play these shitty bars I collect em like scars on this beat up guitar Night after night and day after day I'm giving it all….. and I'm giving it all away Now I’m up on this barstool and it's 3am I’m all out of whiskey and you’re grinning a grin You’re right here you’re next to me and we could star In the rights to the movie Or in the back of my car But I'm stuck here thinking how it's been too long Til I put it all down and put it into a song And then it does hit me like a bolt from above I ain't out of livin, I’m just all out of love [Hold on D] Cuz I know what it's like to play these shitty bars I collect em like scars on this beat up guitar Night after night and day after day I'm giving it all….. and I'm giving it away Solo And I know what it's like to play these shitty bars I collect em like scars on this beat up guitar Night after night and day after day I'm giving it all….. and I'm giving it all away

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Debut EP from Minneapolis based alt-country five piece band with six and a half original songs featuring pedal steel, three part harmonies, lonely hearts, pickup trucks, pretty gurls, and rodeos.

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released July 19, 2017

Engineered by Jordan Skophammer and Eric Drommerhausen at Minnehaha Recording Company in Minneapolis MN. Mixed at Humboldt Hopyards. May & June 2017.

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Strangers Almanac Minneapolis, Minnesota

Minneapolis-based alt country five piece band featuring pedal steel, three-part harmonies, lonely hearts, pickup trucks, pretty gurls and rodeos.

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