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I Walked With You A Ways

by Plains

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1.
Summer Sun 02:32
When the summer sun melts candles I dig out the wick Honey we’re up against something Our love alone can’t fix So I won’t see the garden or the figs when they are ripe It hurts to be leaving, but I know that staying ain’t right It was always fun getting a little drunk On your back deck in the rain And I’d cook for you like a good woman do You had no reason to be afraid That my heart was hidden behind a wall that came before you It’s really no one’s fault But I tried to warn you You wanted understanding, your intentions they were pure Well that wasn’t the problem, I always knew that they were When the summer sun melts candles I dig out the wick In another life it’s simple, but I know someone is gonna get All the love you have to give You need a heart that’s ready for ya It’s really no one’s fault But I tried to warn you
2.
I drift out farther away I got a problem with it & I don’t know how to say It’s a pink carnation, it’s a hand hastily played Potboiler wearing out Give em something to kick up dust about If it was love you were after, with a long shadow of doubt If it’s all you got, yeah it’s all you gave I got a problem with it If you can’t do better than that babe I got a problem with it Justified it in my own way I lost myself in it If it’s all you got, it’s enough you say I got a problem with it I drive fast on high alert Pass the Jet Pep and the Baptist Church On the county line I’ll be a songbird softly heard My loose change falling out Got a heartbreak burn, take the quickest route On this 4 lane highway I’ll trace it in the clouds
3.
Lord, if I’m wrong set me straight Get me back in line Oh & if I’m not, let the sun come out Baby ease my mind You know I struggle every time In the bright spotlight I gotta take my time I’ll get it right, I’ll get it right & I don’t wanna give you an eye for an eye There’s a heart beating under A case I make all worn out, running dry Howling out like thunder & I can’t hide In your line of sight Lord, take me back, passing through On my own time The July moon & the stars align Baby ease my mind Oh & you know me, a cruel mystery Driving West in the stillest peace Gotta heed my pride I’ll get it right, I could get it right
4.
Abilene 03:03
We don’t need to talk about Abilene Cause Abilene don’t mean No coffee shop, no liquor store So I don’t talk about Abilene no more Young lovers like to dream We’ll settle down and we’ll make a good team Well Main Street was cute and the rents there were cheap But I was too much for you and for your Abilene We don’t need to talk about Abilene Cause Abilene don’t mean No couple acres, no screened in porch So I don’t talk about Abilene no more I remember the air when I drove out of town Crying on the highway with my windows down I’da stayed there forever, till death do us part Texas in my rearview, Plains in my heart Couldn’t hold it together when Abilene fell apart We don’t need to talk about Abilene Cause Abilene don’t mean No turning the garden, no toys on the floor So I don’t talk about Abilene no more We don’t need to talk about Abilene Cause Abilene don’t mean No life that we’re building, no weathering storms That’s why I don’t talk about Abilene no more That’s why I don’t talk about Abilene no more
5.
Hurricane 03:34
I blow into town, babe I do my worst, it’s true If I don’t ruin everything Baby I’ll come back to you Baby I’ll come back to you You run off to the desert Try to make yourself small I might do a little damage But you always take my call & I come in like a cannonball I’ve been that way my whole life Sweet as honeysuckle When you want a pocketknife & if you keep calm in my hurricane I might keep it at bay But I know you’ll love me anyway If I stand in the shadows When you say something true I might try to argue But baby I’ll come back to you Baby I’ll come back to you You stand in the great wide open Try to hear yourself think I can learn to wait for you Ride it out with some peace Baby I’ll come back to you Baby I’ll come back to you You know that I’ll come back to you Baby I’ll come back to you
6.
Bellafatima 03:45
Her face read like Anna Karenina She was strong as that old gypsum weed And oh she could dance like a blind beggars hand Just waiting for someone to see She spoke like a hard night in Beaumont Carried on like the old Suwannee And she came along like a ravenous song So hungry for someone to sing The days turned like cowards So swiftly to the hour of need And I’ll be a martyr to whatever your heartache Will leave Then I’ll slip through your hands like a boy Born with no name Her eyes they were set like a cannon And boy, they’d blow you away And she’d cross your mind like a cheap box of wine Where each sip is like a track switch and train She swore like a dry county welder She’s pry on the side seldom seen And she could make love like Augusta Road And just buckle like the bends in a creek
7.
Leaving here tomorrow if it don’t go my way & if it does or doesn’t, don’t have much of a say I can’t take that bull right by the horns, call it a foul play & when I lose my good grip, get down on my knees & pray & I’ll dry my eyes Or I’ll laugh instead Oh I’m leaving tomorrow, babe I’ll come back from the dead & I’ll hold your hand Let the noise go unheard Pretend that we’re alone here & we’re the last 2 on Earth Leaving here tomorrow if it don’t turn out right Can’t tell nobody nothing, it’s a bright spark to ignite It looks like it might stay the same for a long long time You can take that sin to battle but you can’t make it fight
8.
Easy 02:35
Keep your own time You know, I wasn’t gonna be much better You call a spade a spade You gotta shield yourself from stormy weather An onslaught of cynical people, baby & I’m not I never was It’s not gonna be easy, babe You’re not gonna believe it When you shake off what’s weighing down heavily But it’s not gonna be easy Call it a farce You drop down, take it to the limit Ya know ya, can’t lose a fight if you take cover or abandon it An onslaught of noise in the background, babe What you’ve got, don’t let it fade
9.
Give me a minute For my soul and my heart to finish What we started This aching spirit’s gotta mend Before I let you in I can’t ask you to wait on this Lord I wish you would Some things won’t stop, you try to pause it When love comes calling When love comes calling Hold on Can’t untie a candle Can’t blow out a knot I can’t blame ya, angel Somewhere we just got lost Love is patient, love is kind Love’ll give you a real hard time A cigarette in a potted plant Empty bottles, open hands And no record of wrongs no record of wrongs no record of wrongs no record of wrongs
10.
I ain’t your girl no more Busted out the gates of your world I’m clinging to my candle in this dark valley No one watches over me No one watches over me On the winding path of life sometimes you walk alone Cause people come and go There is a season for each one They change your heart, and then it’s done Well I’ll be better all my days Cause I walked with you a ways I walked with you a ways There always is a last time for anything you do We don’t notice in the moment You’ll know after it’s through My back is to the sunset Cause I wanna see your face Glow in the light at the end of the day Glow in the light, I’ll think of you that way

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released October 14, 2022

PLAINS IS
Katie Crutchfield
Jess Williamson

PRODUCED BY
Brad Cook

Katie Crutchfield - Lead and Harmony Vocals, Acoustic Guitar
Jess Williamson - Lead and Harmony Vocals, Acoustic Guitar
Brad Cook - Acoustic and Electric Guitar, Wurlitzer, Mellotron, Bass
Phil Cook - Piano, Wurlitzer, Organ, Dobro, Banjo, Electric Slide
Spencer Tweedy - Drums, Percussion
Andrew Marlin - Mandolin, Acoustic Guitar
Libby Rodenbough - Fiddle
Alex Farrar - Electric Guitar

Engineered by Jon Ashley
Additional Engineering by Alli Rogers and Brad Cook
Mixed by Alex Farrar
Mastered by Emily Lazar and Chris Allgood at The Lodge, NY

Photography by Molly Matalon
Styling by Emily Emke-Hays
Design by Mike Krol

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'I Walked With You A Ways’ Out October 14 On ANTI- Records. Pre-Order Now At plains.ffm.to/walked.


Hitting play on the debut album from Plains, the duo composed of Waxahatchee’s Katie Crutchfield and Jess Williamson, we’re immediately teleported into a world of Southern sunsets, wide open spaces, and the unapologetic nature of Country music.
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