Composition and lyrics by Christopher Travis
Performed by Christopher Travis and Matt Greenberg
Mandolin and acoustic guitar by Peter Weldon
Produced by Two Fields Over.
Recorded by Matt and Chris at our respective homes and mixed by Matt.
Mastered by Damien Rasmussen for smokeandmirrorsaudio, San Francisco.
Copyright 2024 by Christopher M. Travis and Jared Matt Greenberg.
Lyrics
Thick sideburns from the 60s
Run the risk of being shaved
When he meets her
She thinks he’s wisdom and age
As he mandates and directs
Virile reminders
Son and daughters at home
Memories
Black spots
On future’s sun
And his freedom is the drive
Is the smell of black paint
On plywood and cigarettes
And that his boy doesn’t know
That a carpenter’s square
Is not a toy
Son and daughters at home
Memories
Black spots
On future’s sun
A handful of churchgoers
Reluctant upward climbers
Store clerks, a baseball coach
Fashionable farmers
A local politician
He dreams
He dreams
Of their expression
He sees them in the grain
Of a cottonwood planted
In the side yard
Whose roots dig deep and find
Clearer waters family ties
With softer edges
Son and daughters at home
Memories
Black spots
On future’s sun
