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Raise A Banner

by Zach Schmidt

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1.
I was standing on the corner, fumbling for a dime I was trying to find a reason just to say I’m doing fine When everyone around me, can’t seem to get things straight For the foregone conclusion to our eternal fate Well we’ve all been thinking lately that they’re gonna drop the bomb Gonna take this new world order turn us back with no alarm The clocks are always cursing that were running late For the foregone conclusion to our eternal fate Well my my hands are always tired, my back is always bent They said there’d be a savior who was truly heaven sent They give us all these options They make it hard to choose Even the clowns commence their crying ’til their makeup starts to run When the wine is way past working say hello to kingdom come But even God don’t want to love me, in my current state Of that foregone conclusion to our eternal fate When everything is offered satisfaction guaranteed Pretend to be happy gorge yourself on wealth and greed You better hit the ground running boy there is no time to wait For that foregone conclusion to our eternal fate My hands are always tired, my back is always bent With a body made for working there’s no time for joy just yet My eyes are fixed on glory, the end is coming soon So stand up to be counted that’s what they always say Keep your head down and keep working live to fight another day Use your claws to try to crawl out from under all the weight Of that foregone conclusion to our eternal fate It’s just a foregone conclusion to our eternal fate
2.
Go My Way 04:18
The train is slowing down upon the track I thought I was right on time now I’m turning back Just another day I’ve had all I can take I push my limits hope I bend before I break I wish that I could work a 9 to 5 Cause it’s a quarter past 7, not close to quitting time And it’s harder here than it ever was before My head might hit the pillow but my mind is out the door So I wait, wait, wait for a sign A little peace of mind, getting hard to find And I’ll wait, wait, wait for the day Things will go my way, go my way I heard them say that good things never last But I’m holding you honey and we’re getting old real fast So close the blinds and lock all of the doors Though our thoughts are feeling heavy our feet never touch the floor So I wait, wait, wait for a sign Little peace of mind, getting hard to find And I’ll wait, wait, wait for the day Things will go my way, go my way So I wait, wait, wait for a sign Little peace of mind, getting hard to find And I’ll wait, wait, wait for the day Things will go my way, go my way Things will go my way, won’t you go my way
3.
I wish a hero would come to save the day Mine was gone on my birthday Here comes a storm we just can’t stay Lord please save our souls I hear the rain it pounds on my front door someone said son that less is more but lately less is more than I can afford and I’m probably just better off dead I’ll raise a banner and make a toast to your father, son and your holy ghost while your kids run around with holes in their clothes and you close all your compassion inside A friend of mine, he said to me happiness son, it will set you free but freedom is something in which you must believe So I’ll just keep my head down low and raise a banner and make a toast to your father, son and your holy ghost while your kids run around with holes in their clothes and you close all your compassion inside So I will work my hands until they bleed for a working man is bread from greed greed is the measure of which you must succeed and success it is never enough So lets raise a banner and make a toast to your father, son and your holy ghost while your kids run around with holes in their clothes and you close all your compassion inside
4.
Wish you’d hold me closer, with bloodshot eyes just as heavy as the smoke in the air I can’t stand one more day got to get the hell out of here They say that heaven ain’t hard to find but I know I’ve been living in hell I might as well give it one more shot, lord knows that only time will tell That I can’t dance around the truth Can’t dance around the truth Can’t dance around the truth If I ain’t got you The 5th of August still burns in my mind, to break me apart at the seams Barely remember what happened that night almost felt like it was a dream They say that lightning was the start of it all, Lord I swear I could feel the spark I wasn’t sure if it was you or the storm, you could both light up the dark But I can’t dance around the truth Can’t dance around the truth Can’t dance around the truth If I ain’t got you I can’t dance around the truth Can’t dance around the truth Can’t dance around the truth If I ain’t got you I can’t dance around the truth Can’t dance around the truth Can’t dance around the truth If I ain’t got you Wish you’d hold me closer, with bloodshot eyes just as heavy as the smoke in the air I can’t stand one more day got to get the hell out of here
5.
I look different through your eyes Just like a hobo who shakes his dice I pray the outcome suits me fine Tomorrow you’ll be mine I look different through your eyes You told me that you would not stay I’m but a fool who is set in my ways Like a child who gone astray Looking for that the light of day You said you would not stay I look different through your eyes Just like a hobo who shakes his dice I pray the outcome suits me fine Tomorrow you’ll be mine I look different through your eyes I still see you on the street In all the faces that I’ll never meet So I keep my head down towards my feet Act like a man I’ll never be When I see you on the street Cause I look different through your eyes Like a hobo who shakes his dice I pray the outcome suits me fine Tomorrow you’ll be mine I look different through your eyes Everyone I know, knows that I’m wrong That I’m not strong enough to keep, to keep you from moving on My head is such a mess With all the voices that might suggest That it’s time now to confess You might just love me less My head is such a mess I look different through your eyes Like a hobo who shakes his dice I pray the outcome suits me fine Tomorrow you’ll be mine I look different through your eyes I pray the outcome suits me fine Tomorrow you’ll be mine I look different through your eyes
6.
I watched the city light fade to black In the middle of a moment, I never could get back There you stand in the corner of my mind Like a rose meant for a lover you wilted away in time The lower that I get it’s plain to see All that’s left between us is just a memory A memory’s just a picture with no frame Once upon a time of how we never were the same But you’re still on my mind you’re still on my mind I’ve learned to live without you but you’re still on my mind The magnolia wind, it blow again for you Trees alive with summer time, autumn sneaking through I can almost hear you singing through the breeze So I turn around, to get let down, falling to my knees But you’re still on my mind you’re still on my mind I’ve learned to live without you but you’re still on my mind But you’re still on my mind you’re still on my mind I’ve learned to live without you but you’re still on my mind
7.
My Sarah stumbles softly as were headed toward the car Four month to go ’til winter, she won’t ever see the fall Had her arms wrapped around me as we made it down the stairs Every step so calculated beneath the fading summer air I never could imagine, I never dared to see What happens to a loving heart that lost all company It all came down so quickly, like the ticking of a clock Like a dog might run for freedom when the door becomes unlocked It was the early party of August, where we never see the rain Carrying pain the weight of freight aboard a Norfolk passing train I never could imagine, I never dared to see What happens to a loving heart that lost all company Now it’s the wrong half of November, where the ground will start to freeze Took those men all they had to lay you down a couple feet I never will remember, what the priest did say It hard enough just to leave, so what’s the difference anyway That I never could imagine, I never dared to see What happens to a loving heart that lost all company I never could imagine, but its easy now to see What happens to a loving heart that lost all company
8.
I watch the lines that intersect Where I’ve gone and haven’t been yet Jumping fences, placing bets It’s hard not to give a damn My body aches with pains unknown My feelings fade and my conscience grows You may send me out into the great unknown But I’m never far from here If fate should finally find me I hope to heaven she holds me near Cut loose the chains that bind me and free my mind of hopeless fear I was twelve years old in the Pittsburgh sun Where time unfurled with damage done Me and my buddies we were on the run From ghosts who yet to haunt us When the news came down like a hammer drop Our freedom stripped, innocence stopped Were fewer now than we ever thought Still searching for a reason If fate should finally find me I hope to heaven she holds me near Cut loose the chains that bind me and free my mind of hopeless fear Now the fog it sits on the Allegheny side As I watch the dusk turn into night The dark can’t wait to see first light In awe of all her beauty Sometimes things aren’t what they seem The city burns in a sunset gleam Heads all full of concrete dreams To heavy to take their chances If fate should finally find me I hope to heaven she holds me near Cut loose the chains that bind me and free my mind of hopeless fear If fate should finally find me I hope to heaven she holds me near Cut loose the chains that bind me and free my mind of hopeless fear
9.
I can’t sleep, my mind is running wild Like a little baby child I squirm in my seat My head is a mess, I’m full of all this stress So I give a little less to everyone I meet I search until I find a little peace of mind I got these pills and these poisons help my heart to keep its time Well I’m no fool I know what I must do, when the thoughts don’t make it through It’s time to up and leave That highway’s long, she sings a sinners song Keeps me moving on from the people that I need I hear my mother cry almost every time she’s hanging up the line I’m nowhere within reach I got to keep a moving for I know that if I stop The buzzards start their swarming pick my bones of all I’ve got Remember me as your ragged company As If I were the memory that you’d always wanna be So say so long, there’s no reason to prolong The storm has come and gone, now the night is coming soon I could apologize, at least a million times, but that look in your eyes Is one that I can’t bare So I’ll search for retribution from what I’ve done on my own As your snakes they start to slither and your stare turns me to stone Don’t follow me to where you want to be Like a moth flocks to the flame I’ll burn out easy
10.
Back Around 03:16
Where do I go, I’m not much for this world I got nothing to show so I’ll wait I try to get by, I’m bought and I’m sold At the blink of an eye I’m a clean slate It’s a long way back It’s a long way back It’s a long way back It’s a long way back around I thought I found love, so I gave it a chance It’s a fool hearted drug it’s a long dance Where do I go when my back’s on the ground? Nothing but low it’s a slow down It’s a long way back It’s a long way back It’s a long way back It’s a long way back around The paint on the walls can’t cover the cracks They always break through that’s the pay back When the thrill of the night can’t hide all the pain It will always break through always someday It’s a long way back It’s a long way back It’s a long way back Long way back around It’s a long way back It’s a long way back It’s a long way back Long way back around

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released April 16, 2021

Produced by Sadler Vaden
All songs written by Zach Schmidt
Recorded at Creative Workshop in Berry Hill, Tennessee

Jimbo Hart - Bass
Chad Gamble - Drums and percussion
Derry Deborja - Piano, Keyboard and Organ
Sadler Vaden - Guitars and Harmony Vocals
Jackie Berkley - Harmony Vocals
Adam Kurtz - Pedal Steel Guitar (Tracks 5 & 7)
Jason Isbell- Electric Guitar (Track 1)
(courtesy of southeastern Records)
Zach Schmidt - Lead Vocals and Acoustic Guitar

Engineer and mixing - Parker Cason
Mastering - Justin Francis
Photography and Design - Curtis Wayne Millard

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An Americana singer-songwriter from Pittsburgh Pennsylvania, now living in Nashville, Tennessee.

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