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Free State of Winston

from This Ol' War by Coco O'Connor

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lyrics

Free State of Winston

I grew up 2 point nine five miles from the free state of Winston
In the pines you can still hear the whispers of southern tradition mixed with secret redemption
Well my daddy and my grandpa and his grandpa before him worked this land
It's a little known place that had a lot to say just an hour north of Birmingham

You can make it out
To be just black and white
You can make it out
To be anything you like
Before those County lines were drawn
They couldn't divide us
Our roots were strong
These trees tell the stories , if you're listening
In the free state of Winston

When the census came a calling it was ‘bout more than names and numbers
All the letters back east told us stories of defeat and long , long walk of hunger
The government thought it might be good to send us all out west
I think it’s always kinda funny that them fellas with the money want to tell you that they know what’s best

They can make it out
To be just black and white
They can make it out
To be anything they like
But Before those County lines were drawn
They couldn't divide us
Our roots were strong
These trees tell the stories , if you're listening
In the free state of Winston

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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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