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Song Info
Genre
Charts
Peak #49
Peak in subgenre #10
Author
jaik willis
Rights
2003
Uploaded
October 24, 2004
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MP3 3.3 MB • 128 kbps • 0:00
Story behind the song
Last time i saw Scruff he helped me set up and break down my gig in Big Sky, Montana. Told him I'ld stop by the next day, but I had to cut out and see a friend in Missoula who was grieving. Thought I'ld be back to gig the next weekend. On the way across MT I totalled my car doing 75 , 360 into the median at the great divide. While I was stuck in Butte for St Patrick's day some cat smashed my guitar. The bar i was going to play that next weekend got closed down , so no Big Sky. When I got back to IL i got a phone call from a friend that Scruffy got killed in a car wreck on his way out of Big Sky. Blew my mind. Puts life into perspective. This is a song I wrote for him.
Lyrics
BIG SKY 8/03 –jw
Riding down the side of the mountain , like he was part of the hill
See him in a cloud of powder, out there showin off his skills,
till he took a spill, back in Big Sky
well, when I got the telephone it took me totally by surprise
thought she might mean someone else , even though she told me twice
till I saw a couple, of our friends who had been there
they had blisters from shovel, they had dirt under their nails
they said Scruffy bailed ,
back to Big Sky
Took the big ride , up to Big Sky
Living the high-life in Montana, in the clouds above the hills
Didn’t want to back track to the flat-lands , and now he never will
I pulled over on the shoulder, bits of blue glass mixed with gravel
A starfish and a necklace, a guitar pick , Josh we left this
By the cross that marks the spot you brought the highway to a standstill
Up in Big Sky
Well here’s a drink to being local, a shot to be forever young
A hit of smoke and fire through glass and wire, a toast to Josh Richardson
Flying round the crown of the mountain, now he is part of the hill
When real life chases all his friends down , Scruffy will be up there still
He’s up there still,
up in Big Sky
Talk to the big guy , back in Big Sky
Was a good guy , led a good life
Scruffy good-bye , see you in Big Sky
See you in Big Sky
