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Core Conviction
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"It ain't as if we didn't pray each day for rain!" Traditional folk~country in its most stripped down form. Just a vocal and a couple of acoustic guitars. But what a vocal?
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Humble Country Songwriter.
Just a humble songwriter. First and foremost, a Tune-smith, I suppose. Yes, somehow, melodies just pop into my head, from, like, nowhere, man! Of course, to turn a melody into an actual song, it has to have a set of lyrics - but lyric-writing, for me, is more like "work". Contrast that with composing a melody - man, its such a buzz when you think you've come up with a half-decent new tune.
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Genre
Country • Traditional Country
Charts
#864 in subgenre Peak #21
Charts
Peak #570
Author
Jonathan Rowland
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Jonathan Rowland
Uploaded
July 10, 2006
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MP3 3.1 MB • 128 kbps • 3:25
Story behind the song
We cut this track very much at the last-minute. We had run way over the studio closing time but I just wanted to give it one quick try - more often than not, our best demo's are recorded quite spontaneously, in the one take. Anyway, it was late at night and, fortunately, we nailed it very quickly. And, despite the simplicity of the arrangement, despite the fact that it was never intended to actually be recorded, it soon became my favourite track on the whole album.
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Core Conviction They're really stiff, the most distraught of meetings It ain't as if we even thought of cheating It ain't as if we didn't pray each day for rain The darkest suit - just so cold and numbing The overdues were old - but kept on coming The loser blues is really down our way again Chorus Well they ain't never seen the hard way They think guys like you can't win Well you an' me, we'll play it our way This is where it all begins They try to break before eviction No give or take - it's all prescription But they wont shake the will you've shown before I can't forsake my core conviction I'm gonna make one more prediction Their big mistake is still to come, I'm sure Instrumental Chorus They put a scare about the planning order They think you give a damn about the border Take a foot, a yard, a mile - hey, take it all It doesn't matter how it must be covered 'Cause here and now I think you've just discovered The mighty vow is making one last call The mighty vow is making one last call The mighty vow is making one last call
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Sergey Rostov
Jan 05, 2008
Vocals is so good here. Wonderful sounding!