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Ready or Not

by The Runout

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1.
Currency 04:03
Currency There’s pattern of thought and pattern of form And where they break off is where we go wrong If something is human and we choose to speak it out loud The next breath we take is closer to working it out There’s love in the arms of someone like you There’s barking dogs, setting suns, rising red moons When the bottom line fades so far out of view What currency matters to you A new baby cries and old man does too For all of the life that passes by you So cast out your nets and see what the haul will bring in And when the going gets rough let it out and bring it back in There’s hope in the future for when we’ll share time There’s laughter and music and stars that align When the bottom line keeps us distracted and blind What currency eases your mind There’s love in the arms of someone like you There’s brow sweat and birdsong on a cliffside in june When the bottom line fades so far out of view What currency matters to you
2.
Shoes 04:03
SHOES I’ve got two shoes on my feet and they fit no one else like me You can put ‘em on and see when you walk down the street Oh lord what a world this could be You’ve got shoes on your feet too and they fit no one else like you I could put ‘em on and see while i slip down the street Oh lord what a world this could be I’ve got eyes that let me see Still my mind paints pictures for me Why can’t my mind paint pictures of what your eyes might see Why can’t I see things like you do I’ll try to picture them the way that you want to Seems such a simple thing to do But it’s so hard to change your point of view What I see What you see What we see You’ve got shoes on your feet too and they fit no one else like you I could put ‘em on and see while i slip down the street Oh lord what a world this could be
3.
Carolina 02:23
Carolina I’ve had a tattoo of a blackbird on the right side of my chest Since highway 65 felt the rain Past the hotsprings where the hippies bathed in birthday suits And rested on the road to where the rockies met the plains And I’ve felt a groan From the floodplains and headstones of my family back home I’ve felt a groan I’m giving in I’m coming home Carolina I’ve had a tattoo of a redbird on the left side of my chest I put it there for pleasure and for pain It reminds me of those desert walks my daughter’s tears, the long talks On the drive with you to the show in Santa Fe And I’ve felt a groan From the foothills and cliff sides of my places back home I’ve felt a groan I’m giving I’m coming home Carolina
4.
The hood and sickle Up on windmill ridge we killed a man and buried him down the hill in 3 ft of sand I’d always said he’d stole his last from dad. The bullet in his heart made it permanent The corn was high the moon was full and gold the last he felt was the first october cold And 30 years of working my old man against the wall then let him go when the cancer came to call If I stay in this town for too long, someone might find what I did and try to make me think I’m wrong But mom said, run rabbit run, take the old blue buick that’s been fading in the sun We’re in the clear now it’s done keep your head down in the desert maybe time can heal this one. Up on hermit’s peak I found escap, but thoughts of my old man kept me awake 16 months with tubes inside his veins poisoned water flowing everyday You’ve stayed far too long in this pain we probably lost you long ago anway So I prayed, run rabbit run, peel the pain of life away and fly into the sun We’re in the clear now it’s done till that hood and sickle come for me, man time can heal this one run rabbit run, take the old blue buick that’s been fading in the sun We’re in the clear now it’s done till that hood and sickle come for me, man time can heal this one Up on windmill ridge we killed a man, and buried him on that hill in 6 ft of sand
5.
Sitting Still When I woke up after years to find I was really someone else More and more like my folks but ain’t nothing can be done Playing the part has brought me tears and so far from myself But sitting will get me killed cause I’m born to run I’ve got a warrant down in Deckers where a man died at my hands I’ve tried laying low till the dust will settle out But i’ve been haunted by a sheriff wearing black with seven hands And i’ll keep moving till my time has all run out It’s gonna get you if you’re ready or not at the end of your line No one knows when but it’s coming for you, so you’ll be right on time Whether a woman or a fever or the devil himself, It leaves you bow legged and blind So i’ll keep running it out so I’m not sitting still waiting to die This bed has my back aching so I’m up early anyway And the nightmares are the barrel of a gun A cup of dark will heal my heavy head from all of last night’s rage But sitting still will get me killed cause I’m born to run I left her down in Tres Piedras with a kid from my best friend I’ve tried laying low till the dust would settle out I’ve been haunted by their faces and I know that I’ll never win So I keep moving till my time has all run out It’s gonna get you if you’re ready or not at the end of your line No one knows when but it’s coming for you, so you’ll be right on time Whether a woman or a fever or the devil himself, It leaves you bow legged and blind So i’ll keep running it out so I’m not sitting still waiting to die
6.
Mama put the record on I’ve got holes in my jeans. I’ve got holes in my shoes I’ve got holes in my heart because of you I’ve got dust in this head. I’ve got rust in these bones I’ve got lust that runs deep and won’t leave me alone So mama put the record on and I’ll make room for you Cause I know you’ve got ‘em too, the things we bury away And maybe thoughts will move on past the dark and the blue And we’ll be here and now, at least in love today That song that you sing when all’s right in your head Though simple it seems, leaves nothing unsaid So I’ll patch these old holes I’ll shake this dust loose And I’ll sing this old song, like there’s nothing to lose Mama put the record on I’ll make room for you We’ll settle for a second on the space between us two Mama put the record on I’ll make room for you Cause I know you’ve got ‘em too The things we bury away And maybe thoughts will move on past the dark and the blue And we’ll be here and now, at least in love today
7.
Disguise 03:51
Disguise I saw a ghost on a prairie hwy In fact i know you saw it as well Because you’re different now and don’t make the faces you used to You tried hard to make me think it wasn’t real But my eyes work just fine on a Friday night Seems there’s a few things you can’t see standing in plain sight woah Maybe the mystery and doubt have shut your eyes Or it’s all just a disguise I heard a song through the trees deep in Pisgah It brought a tear and a memory from within You heard the same song and laughed after it faded I hid my weepy eyes from your high horse grin But my eyes work just fine on a Friday night Seems there’s a few things you can’t see standing in plain sight woah Maybe the mystery and doubt have shut your eyes Or it’s all just a disguise Quit your games now There’s so much at stake now I won’t tell ‘em your name now if they come asking I’ll send ‘em away But my eyes work just fine on a Friday night Seems there’s a few things you can’t see standing in plain sight woah Maybe the mystery and doubt have shut your eyes Or it’s all just a disguise
8.
Moonlight 04:15
MOONLIGHT Moonlight only moonlight in my eyes, in my eyes sweet darlin’ Moonlight jealous moonlight tell me lies, tell me lies If only for a night, moonlight Sad tune or a glad tune sing it soon, sing it soon sweet darlin’ Sand dune rendezvous me and you Oh we’ll stay till the tide moves, sad tune Friday it took since Friday to be ok. You too ok? Friday it seems like my day to be ok If only it’d stay Moonrise, sunset moonrise fills my eyes Bathes in light the cliffside Colors unfolding wonder stir my mind And changes inside Moonlight only moonlight in my eyes, in my eyes sweet darlin’
9.
Swell 04:18
10.
REACH FOR YOU I wake at night can’t catch my breath Feels close as death staring nose to nose I just roll onto my side sleep through the night for one more go When that feeling comes again To big to fit inside my skin Yet so small i could slip right through I reach for you When I hear the ocean hush Gives me a rush i can’t ignore I breathe the salt and close my eyes The grains of sand the quiet roar When that feeling comes again To big to fit inside my skin Yet so small i could slip right through I reach for you Under a sky of scattered lights The deepest parts call to me so I know the questions will arise out of the night But i learn to let go

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The Runout is:

Jeff Gregory - vocals, acoustic guitar, harmonica, bgv's, bass on Sitting Still
Travis Wright - pedal steel guitar, electric guitar, banjo on Sitting Still
Daniel Gibbs - bass, keys, electric guitar, mandolin on Sitting Still
Gavin Brown - Drums


Recorded live at:

Coast Records (Currency, Shoes, Mama put the record on, Disguise, and Swell)
Charleston, SC
Engineer - Matt Zutell

Archer Avenue Studios (Carolina, The Hood and Sickle, Sitting Still, Moonlight, and Reach for You)
Columbia, SC
Engineer - Eric McCoy

Mastered by Matthew Garber at For the Record Mastering
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releases April 12, 2019

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released May 25, 2019

All Songs Written by Jeff Gregory
All Songs arranged and performed by The Runout
Produced by The Runout, Eric McCoy, and Matt Zutell
2019

Album Art: Jaana Rasmussen
Banner photo: Wright Media
Page Background: @easelcathedral
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The Runout Columbia, South Carolina

The Runout is an alt-country/Americana band based out of Columbia, SC.

Current members: Jeff Gregory, Kelley Gregory, Chris Compton, Moses Andrews’s III, and Mike Scarboro

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