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Roots Bury Deep

by Rebekah Todd

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1.
Devi's Gonna Buy me a brand new pair of shoes I'm gonna walk right down the streets of Baton Rouge Said Devil do you think I'll make it down there Don't you worry it's safe as hell Devil's gonna buy me a brand new pair of shoes Devil's gonna buy me a bid old mansion home and a big old mansion yard to play with my children on Said I ain't got a thing to pay you with All I need is your soul to give Devil's gonna buy me a big old mansion home
2.
Trying not to lose my mind I'm trying not to lose my head Every day that's passing by I'm a day closer to dead Well it was nearly sunday morning When I finally heard the news Said the man had a heart As good as gold Wearing his Sunday shoes And the preachers gathered round him Like the collar on his shirt Said his soul went up to the pearly gates Body is in the dirt Chorus Well he smelled like cigarettes on a cold winters day They chased his body like a dog in a cage Must have told him a thousand times to run the other way But one thing I know for sure Is dogs don't listen to me Chorus All I know is all I see and All I saw was everything Chorus
3.
On the Run 03:08
Babe you've got to believe me cause it's true All of this has got nothing to do with you But I've got places to go, I've got people to meet And there ain't no stopping me You can blame it all on my foolish pride Babe you know I've got nothing to hide But everywhere I go, I've got people on my side And that's all I need tonight. I'm on the run.
4.
Baby I've been thinking about you About the things that we used to do About the way that we used to talk The way your kisses seem to go on and on Baby I've been thinking about you Baby I've been having all these dreams About you standing right next to me About you reaching out to take my hand And saying all these things That I can't understand But baby I've been thinking about you All these days All these nights How they have no end in sight When you're not here All I am Is a set of lungs that can't catch their breath Baby I've been thinking about you Baby I've been having all these thoughts About the way that my life has gotten all messed up About the things that I can never change And praying never seems to do anything But baby I've been thinking about you
5.
Tornado 03:01
When the TV stations and the skyscrapers went black All the people ran to their safe places and they never came back We were all alone on a street corner When the hail began to fall And the sky ripped open The sky ripped open on us If the tornado wants to get me Why doesn't it come? Hey did you know that it's almost over now Well the wind has been ripping like a roller coaster and I'm jumping out I can't stand to be in this thunder Can't stand to be in this rain While the sky rips open, the sky rips open on me
6.
I ain't afraid of Dying I ain't afraid of heights I ain't afraid of all those creepy crawly things That might bite me in the night No I ain't afraid of waking up With nothing left to eat No I ain't afraid of no more money And no shoes on my feet No the only thing that worries me Is spending one more day Without waking up To your smiling face I've seen a lot of faces That I'll never see again I've made mistakes that I'll never again make And I've lost many a friend Oh I've traveled all around these roads With no one but myself All the time wishing it was your hand that I held Oh the only thing that worries me Is spending one more day Without waking up To your smiling face
7.
Old Days 03:37
Every day I'm searching for the answer Since you left my life has been a wreck Every day I'm reading through your last love letter Which hangs upon my wall above my desk Every day I'm sifting through those memories Swimming round and round inside my head In that final hour when your eyes closed I swear that I could still see you breathing Now I feel the old days running through my cold veins I know, I know I can feel the old days running through my cold veins I know, I know Everyday I'm searching for your laughter I swear I heard you talking in a crowd And every night before I lay me down to sleep I pray I hear you call my name out loud All that's left is everything you couldn't take with you Leaving is never as easy as it seems I know that people think that I'm crazy But I swear that we were talking in my dreams Just gotta keep breathing
8.
Maybe there's a place out there Where we can stretch our arms All these city streets, city people and city dreams Have got me wrong But the rain doesn't taste the same these days And the sky bends in a different way Oh my eyes have seen greater things than these Won't you let Let me take you back to the rhythm Back to the time when you felt only love in my arms Let me take you back to the country Where your roots bury deep And the soil is rich for all Where we can grow I've got all the time in the world If you want me to wait Cause you know the road has got me weary For brighter days And everyone around me has got empty eyes And I can't see their souls no matter how hard I try Got a fire in my belly let me burn let me fly Won't you let
9.
Wishing Well 08:14
Found a wishing well in the forest Where I laid my dreams the trees were gossiping About my circumstances All I could see Was the glimmer of the water as they whispered And a promise of a life extraordinary They tore my fathers house down to the ground and all that is left Is a rubble mound and memories scattered round this place and all i can say Is losing isn't easy i hope love can find it's way Find it's way back to me I found a wishing well In the forest Where I laid my dreams When I leaned into a face I did not recognize a reflection of a life so full of sorrow Will she ever break away from yesterday Into tomorrow Oh, tomorrow.

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released February 18, 2014

Roots Bury Deep

Recorded/Engineered/Mastered by John Harrell at The Sound Barn in Kinston, NC.

Artwork by Sterling Lieske

Rebekah Todd- Vocals, Guitar
William Seymour- Bass
Demetrice Everett- Drums
Brandon Shamar- Keys
Evan Roberson- Trombone
Chris Knuckles- Saxophone

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