Wind comes on
Soft in the dead of night
It’s the same old song
But it sounds so new this time
When the house goes dark
The truth I can’t deny
We built a love to fall apart
Now the cracks have grown so wide
I can see to the other side
This time I’m gonna hear
What has been said so clear
This time I’m gonna hear
That same old song
I’ve looked away so long
Been putting on the great disguise
When the paint comes off
I’m afraid of what I’ll find
A face that I don’t recognize
Don’t wanna talk, don’t wanna listen
You’ll just convince me that you’re what I’m missing
If I stay any longer I know what I’ll do
I’ll lose myself in you
I don’t wanna lie but I can’t tell the truth
Most of me wants all of you
But I can’t give in like my body wants to
Or I’ll lose myself in you
Oh how I want, oh how I need
To let go of us and hang on to me
Oh how I want, oh how I need
I don’t wanna leave, I don’t wanna stay
I want you closer and I wanna run away
I can’t decide but you know what I’ll do
I’ll lose myself in you
I was younger, without love
Trying to hold on to what I only had pictures of
She was something, that I could hold
When I came from nothing, she made me a man of gold
I grew older and more confused
I turned a blind eye to everything I knew was true
What is love, I don’t know
I couldn’t love the one inside,
So I had to let it go
Give me time to look below
There’s a black sea underground
But there’s a light somewhere I know
I been keeping my own company
They’re all saying that the one I’m missing is me
What is love, I don’t know
I keep falling down the road,
Looking for the one I’ve never known
Show me how to set it free
So that I can walk alone
And still have everything I need
Breakdown, go ahead and cry my love
Breakdown, I love to watch you come undone
This burden this thing that we’re locked inside
This waltz in the ring with our lion’s pride
No play by the rules, just fight to win
With every stab we thicken the skin, again and again
Breakdown, I wanna watch you beg and moan
Breakdown, do it for me nice and slow
There once was time we’d fight for love
Now it’s tooth and nail for bone and blood
The wound is the thrill, the hurt the high
So try, try as we might, we can’t break the bite
Breakdown, go ahead and cry my love
Breakdown, I love to watch you come undone
Breakdown, go ahead and cry my love
Breakdown, I love to watch you come undone
Breakdown, I wanna watch you beg and moan
Breakdown, do it for me nice and slow
I’m headed south, I can feel it coming on
That same dry mouth, that feeling something’s wrong
Your voice in my left ear, says there’s no danger here
And trust the feeling all the way back down
Surrender to the crimson underground
I can see it don’t feel right
Hanging on with all your might
Let go of all control
You’re allowed to free your soul
Trust my love, lay that burden down
Welcome to the crimson underground
I hear your voice, it’s like a song for me
You have no choice, for you belong to me
Let darkness join together, you and I forever
And go on and break the spirit down
Welcome to the crimson underground
Welcome to the crimson underground
Say, say, my playmate
Won't you lay hands on me
Mirror my malady
Transfer my tragedy
Got a curse I cannot lift
Shines when the sunset shifts
When the moon is round and full
Gotta bust that box, gotta gut that fish
We could jet in a stolen car
Where we wouldn't get too far
'Fore the transformation takes
And the bloodlust takes
And the crave gets slaked
My mind has changed
My body's frame
But god, I like it
My heart's aflame
My body's strained
But god I like it
My mind has changed
My body's frame
But god I like it
My heart's aflame
My body's strained
But god I like it
Charge me your day rate
I'll turn you out in kind
When the moon is round and full
Gonna teach you tricks that'll blow your mind
Baby doll, I recognize
You're a hideous thing inside
If ever there were a lucky kind
It's you, you, you
I know it's strange
Another way
To get to know you
You'll never know
Unless we go
So let me show you
I know it's strange
Another way
To get to know you
We've got 'til noon
Here comes the moon
So let me show you, show you
Dream me, oh dreamer, down to the floor
Open my hands and let them weave onto yours
Fill me, completer, down to my core
Open my heart and let it bleed onto yours
Feedin' on fever, down on all fours
Show you what all that howlin's for
Hey! Hey! My playmate
Let me lay waste to thee
Burn down their hangin' trees
It's hot here, hot here, hot here, hot here
Got a curse we cannot lift
Shines when the sunset shifts
There's a cure, comes with a kiss
The bite that binds, the gift that gives
Now that we're gone for good
Writhin' under your ridin' hood
Tell your grandma, mama too
It's true, true, it's true
My mind has changed
My body's frame
But god I like it
My heart's aflame
My body's strained
But god I like it
My mind has changed
My body's frame
But god I like it
My heart's aflame
My body's strained
But god I like it
I seen you up on stage
I seen you meltin’ hearts
I heard your rock and roll
I heard you’re in the charts
I like your latest song
I like to sing along but
I don’t want nothin' to do with your love
I don’t wanna be the push to your shove
I don’t want nothin' to do, nothin' to do with your love
I seen you on stage too
I seen you whip the room
You pulled me right along
You made my heart turn blue
I ripped your last CD
I dug your melodies but
I don’t want nothin' to do with your love
I don’t wanna be the push to your shove
I don’t want nothin' to do, nothin' to do with your love
If we were to collide
Diamonds would turn to dust
But how can we deny
The sweet taste of self destruct
I don’t want nothin' to do with your love
I don’t wanna be the push to your shove
I don’t want nothin' to do, nothin' to do with your love
In another life, wiser for the time
In another life, you’re mine
I try to keep my distance while orbiting your world
I’d never wanna tangle up me and you and your perfect girl
Cause I’m not a perfect girl
In another life, wiser for the time
In another life, you’re mine
I visit the memory of us in central park
A dream that ended that much too soon, together after dark
It’s getting harder to pretend
That I’m just your little friend
In another life, wiser for the time
In another life, you’re mine
In another life, this love’s not such a crime
In another life, you’re mine
In love there is no end
We’ll just start again
Next time around
On even ground
Last night all alone in a barroom
I met a girl with a drink in her hand
She had ruby red lips and coal black hair
And eyes that would tempt any man
And she came and sat down at my table
And as she placed her soft hands in mine
Well I found myself wanting to kiss her
For temptation was flowing like wine
And I was almost persuaded
To strip myself of my pride
Almost persuaded
To push my conscience aside
Then we danced and he whispered, "I need you,
Let me take you away from here and be your man"
And then I looked in his eyes and I saw it
The reflection of my wedding band
And I was almost persuaded
To let strange lips lead me on
Almost persuaded
But your sweet love made me stop and go home
Almost persuaded
But your sweet love made me stop and go home
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Lera Lynn’s “Plays Well With Others” is a duets record featuring songs with Peter Bradley Adams, John Paul White, Dylan LeBlanc, Andrew Combs, Rodney Crowell, Shovels & Rope, JD McPherson, and Nicole Atkins. It was recorded at Single Lock’s studios in Florence, Alabama.
"Songwriting can be such a personal process; in the past I have tended to do it alone," Lynn admits. “With this record, I wanted to get outside of my own writing corner. I have access to a great community of writers and singers in Nashville, and it became an exciting challenge to sit down with some friends and say, 'Let's write a duet — one that maybe hasn't been written before — and then record it together.' This was an important thing for me to do as an artist: to open myself up to other people and have some fun.”
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released June 22, 2018
“Same Old Song”
Lera Lynn: Writer, Vocals, Percussion, String Arrangements
Peter Bradley Adams: Writer, Vocals
Todd Lombardo: Acoustic Guitar, Piano, Mandolin, String Arrangements
Viktor Krauss: Double Bass
Jeremy Gibson: Drums
Kimi Samson: Violin, Viola
Caleb Elliott: Cello
Produced by Todd Lombardo and Lera Lynn
Engineered by Todd Lombardo in Nashville, TN
Additional Engineering & Mixing by Ben Tanner at Sun Drop Sound in Florence, AL
“Lose Myself”
Lera Lynn: Writer, Vocals
John Paul White: Writer, Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, mbira
Ben Tanner: Piano
Todd Lombardo: Bass
Ian Fitchuck: Drums
Reed Watson: Additional Drums
Kimi Samson: Violin, Viola
Caleb Elliott: Cello
Engineered and Mixed by Ben Tanner at Sun Drop Sound in Florence, AL
Additional Engineering by Konrad Synder at The Study in Nashville, TN
Produced by John Paul White, Ben Tanner, and Lera Lynn
“What is Love”
Lera Lynn: Writer, Vocals
Dylan LeBlanc: Writer, Acoustic Guitars, Vocals
Produced by John Paul White, Ben Tanner, and Lera Lynn
Engineered & Mixed by Ben Tanner at Sun Drop Sound in Florence, AL
“Breakdown”
Lera Lynn: Writer, Vocals, Acoustic Guitar
Andrew Combs: Vocals, Whistle
Todd Lombardo: Acoustic Guitar, Nylon Guitar
Robby Handley: Double Bass
Jeremy Gibson: Drums, Percussion
Produced by Ben Tanner and Lera Lynn
Engineered & Mixed by Ben Tanner at Sun Drop Sound in Florence, AL
“Crimson Underground”
Lera Lynn: Writer, Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Tremolo Guitar
Rodney Crowell: Writer, Acoustic Guitar, Vocals
Ben Tanner: Piano
Reed Watson: Drums
Produced by John Paul White, Ben Tanner, and Lera Lynn
Engineered & Mixed by Ben Tanner at Sun Drop Sound in Florence, AL
“Wolf Like Me”
Lera Lynn: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Banjo
TV on The Radio: Writer
Shovels & Rope (Cary Ann Hearst & Michael Trent): Vocals
Todd Lombardo: Pump Organ, Banjo
Robby Handley: Double Bass, Organ Bass Pedals
Jeremy Gibson: Drums, Trap Kit, Percussion, Claw-foot Tub
Produced by Ben Tanner and Lera Lynn
Engineered & Mixed by Ben Tanner at Sun Drop Sound in Florence, AL
“Nothin to do With Your Love”
Lera Lynn: Writer, Vocals, Acoustic Guitar
JD McPherson: Writer, Vocals
Todd Lombardo: Acoustic Guitar, 12 String Guitar, Banjo
Robby Handley: Double Bass, Piano
Jeremy Gibson: Drums, Percussion
Produced by Ben Tanner and Lera Lynn
Engineered & Mixed by Ben Tanner at Sun Drop Sound in Florence, AL
“In Another Life”
Lera Lynn: Writer, Vocals, Tremolo Guitar
Nicole Atkins: Writer, Harmony Vocals
John Paul White: Male Choir
Todd Lombardo: Nylon Guitar, 12 String Guitar
Robby Handley: Double Bass
Jeremy Gibson: Drums, Percussion
Produced by Ben Tanner and Lera Lynn
Engineered & Mixed by Ben Tanner at Sun Drop Sound in Florence, AL
“Almost Persuaded”
Lera Lynn: Writer, Vocals, Acoustic Guitar
Billy Sherrill: Writer
John Paul White: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar
Produced by Ben Tanner, John Paul White, and Lera Lynn
Engineered & Mixed by Ben Tanner at Sun Drop Sound in Florence, AL
Rodney Crowell, Shovels & Rope, Andrew Combs, and JD McPherson appear courtesy of New West Records
All photographs by Alysse Gafkjen (except cover photos)
All graphic design and layout by Lera Lynn
Mastered by Richard Dodd in Nashville, TN
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