Song picture
Short Cut
Comment Share
Album   $ - Name your price
Acoustic, Alternative, Singer-Songwriter
alternative rock acoustic country singer songwriter folk rock
Artist picture
The original JACK STRANGE acoustic alt-folk singer-songwriter!
New Orleans independent songwriter Jack Strange offers a rich catalog of original AI-free progressive folk-rock songs, blending decades of rock, folk, and alternative influences. Strange's albums include Blood on the Neutral Ground" released in September 2025, as well as "Still Alone" (2000), "Heartbeat" (2002), "Ever Laughter" (2003), the post-Katrina EP "Back in New Orleans" (2009), and a new home studio album projected for release in February 2026. All Strange songs are written, composed, and arranged by Jack Morris, except William Shakespeare wrote the lyrics in "Sylvia Who" (1589), and William Blake wrote the lyrics in "Tyger" (1794). All Strange songs are performed by Jack Morris, with special guests the Morris Family Chorus performing on "Peace and Joy," featuring Beckham Breaux, Theresa Ocampo, Payton Morris, Everett Breaux, Jordan Morris, Nora Ocampo, and Marigny Breaux. "Neutral Ground" cover art photo courtesy of Stacey Morris Breaux. "Back in New Orleans" cover art courtesy of Joshua Breaux. All Strange recordings are produced by Jack Morris. All Strange songs are available for licensing for publication, performance, and commercial use. Thanks for listening! strangesongsunlimited@gmail.com Disclaimer: Jack Strange does not exist. He and his musical and literary works are products of a human imagination. Any resemblance to an actual or electronic person, living or dead, or to actual or electronic musical or literary works, is entirely coincidental.
Song Info
Charts
Peak #129
Peak in subgenre #23
Author
Words and Music by Jack E. Morris
Rights
Words and Music (c) 1991, 2003 by Jack E. Morris
Uploaded
November 06, 2025
Track Files
MP3
MP3 7.3 MB 320 kbps 3:11
Lossless
WAV 32.1 MB
Lyrics
I notice trees along the highway and beyond Tempted as I drive to ponder each design To enunciate its weight in life's green scheme But each lone specimen evades me as I speed Toward unknown peripheries Of darker and darker Groves and forests and jungles Implicating blackness in the blur of green until Impatiently I change the station And watch the road It’s just a short cut It ain’t nothing but A short cut It ain’t nothing but A short cut It’s just a short cut It ain’t nothing but A short cut It ain’t nothing but A short cut In the tangled humps of exposed roots I walk among In preference to the flat meander of concrete sidewalks No subtle clues of something to do with souls impress me now No metaphoric mazes come to mind to puzzle me With riddles of the meaning of roots With the force of things unknown and new I walk among the tangled roots Only because the way is straight and short It’s just a short cut It ain’t nothing but A short cut It ain’t nothing but A short cut It’s just a short cut It ain’t nothing but A short cut It ain’t nothing but A short cut Implicating blackness in the blur of green until Impatiently I change the station And watch the road And walk among the tangled roots Only because the way is straight and short It’s just a short cut It ain’t nothing but A short cut It ain’t nothing but A short cut It’s just a short cut It ain’t nothing but A short cut It ain’t nothing but A short cut Words and Music (c) 1991, 2003 by Jack E. Morris
Comments
Please sign up or log in to post a comment.