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Crenshaw County

from This Ol' War by Coco O'Connor

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lyrics

Crenshaw County

I used to rise with the daytime sun
Put my pants, clean white shirt and my work boots on
The factory was about a mile from my home
Where I started my day… early in the morn’

What I did may come as a surprise to you
I put leather , soles, and heels on other people’s shoes
I’d imagine all the places they’d walk and see
I could go where they went , ‘cause they were made by me


I walked a mile in all their shoes
Chicagoland to Beale Street blues
Across the pond to Katmandu
A city in Maine called Caribou
Mule Town to Cape Town
Mozambique to Maui
But I never left , I never left Crenshaw County


I was able to put food on the table
It wasn’t always what we wanted but we made do
Not a lot of worry , not a lot of strife
When you’re a simple man , with a simple life

20 years sweatin’ tears
When they took my job tthey exported a part of me
I cried the day my pink slip came
I’d become just a number , no longer a name

I walked a mile in all their shoes
Chicagoland to Beale Street blues
Across the pond to Katmandu
A city in Maine called Caribou
Mule Town to Cape Town
Mozambique to Maui
But I never left , I never left Crenshaw County

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from This Ol' War, released June 30, 2018
Produced, Engineered, & Mixed by Parker Cason Recorded at Creative Workshop , Nashville, TN Mastered by Pete Lyman, Infrasonic Mastering
Piano, organ, Crumar synthesizer, acoustic guitar, pedal steel - Parker Cason Drummer- Jon Radford
Bass - Rich Brinson
Bass - Mike Rinne
Guitar - Sadler Vaden
Dobro, mandolin, fiddle - Wanda Vick
Background vocals - Judy Rodman
Vocals on “The Devil , A Wounded Man, And Me” - Jeff White

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Coco O'Connor Santa Fe, New Mexico

I'm from Alabama, near Muscle Shoals. I started playing bluegrass at five and started writing songs at ten. Some of my songs have been on The Craig Ferguson Show, PBS, The History Channel, and National Geographic and I've opened up for Jim Lauderdale, Oak Ridge Boys, Phil Vassar, and Mark Wills. ... more

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