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The Long Way Home

by Marty Bush

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1.
Time keeps tickin' by so slowly on the wide open prairie the good life we lived is but a memory and the sun doesn't shine here anymore time keeps tickin' by so slowly ever since you've been gone I know I don't get along too well when I'm alone but I've been doing fine here on my own time keeps tickin' by so slowly ever since you've been gone sometimes I sit and wonder what you're doin and the days seem empty without you time keeps tickin' by so slowly and I hope you've found somebody new
2.
Papa Told Me 03:37
Papa told me god wouldn't give me too much to bear just keep the faith and he would always be there but he passed on nigh on twenty years ago and I'm starting to think that maybe he didn't know my mama taught me how to be an honest upstanding man she told me strength don't come from the power of your right hand but I've come on a time or two where talkin' just won't do sometimes things don't work out the way you planned and oh lord lord it's a long road home bein' stuck in the middle of where you've been and what you have become oh lord lord it's a long road home tryin' to keep it between those two white lines and remember where you're from my brother taught me how to live like you're gonna die how to make a friend of every passer by but he's still kickin' at the age of thirty two still tryin' to figure what it is that he's gonna do oh lord lord it's a long road home bein' stuck in the middle of where you've been and what you have become oh lord lord it's a long road home tryin' to keep it between those two white lines and remember where you're from
3.
Windowshade 02:42
Well I ain't the type to be bossed and that's a fact so if I were you son I'd take a few steps back see I'm the type of thing you suburb boys ain't never seen yeah I'm a sonofabitch you sonofabitch I'm fuckin' mean I'm steady as the day is long I'm patient and I'm calm it takes a whole damn lot to turn my crank my head is thicker and my liquor works quicker I'm a sharper type of blade and when I hit you that shirt'll roll up like a windowshade so shove that two weeks notice right up your ass yeah and rest assured that I ain't comin' back see I'm done givin' all my time to folks who can't seem to find a thought in their whole damn heads for me or mine I'm patient and I'm calm it takes a whole damn lot to turn my crank my head is thicker and my liquor works quicker I'm a sharper type of blade and when I hit you that shirt'll roll up like a windowshade
4.
Malaphor 05:14
She was only twenty-two years old with eyes of fire and hair of gold a look from her could melt your soul and turn the summer cold he'd just quit that awful job down south the taste of it still thick in his mouth he'd been thinkin' about leavin' this town 'cause there was nowhere left to go here but down and out they both knew there was nothing they could do they were bound to crash and burn before it's through neither of them cared they would both eventually get there they'd burn that bridge when they came to it so he took to her like moths to a flame it seemed to him that she might feel the same so they started makin' plans and choosin' names for the things that they would build and the life they would claim he got himself an honest steady job mixin' bands down at the local honky-tonk the money came in slow but they both seemed to know it would be enough they both knew there was nothing they could do they were bound to crash and burn before it's through neither of them cared they would both eventually get there they'd burn that bridge when they came to it
5.
I take the long way home I'm so tired but I can't stand another night alone the quiet streets shimmer in the rain tomorrow I know I'll have to do it all again but those twenty-five minutes with the radio on the chill of the night wind and a slow slow song the empty city softly whispers in my ear and it's almost like you're still here it's been a hell of a year that's how the race is run endless days that linger past the setting of the sun my sheets are calling out to me but that bed is about as lonely as lonely can be but those twenty-five minutes with the radio on the chill of the night wind and a slow slow song the empty city softly whispers in my ear and it's almost like you're still here it's been a hell of a year
6.
Didn't I 05:22
Didn't I come home to you last night didn't I do my best to do you right didn't I fall asleep with your head upon my chest and my arms wrapped around you as we both took our rest it may be true I might have had a few before I stumbled home and into bed but this morning it seems that was all just a bunch of dreams I guess last night was all just in my head I stopped off for one to clear my mind 'cause lately that job's been givin' me a hell of a time one turned into two as whiskey is wont to do I guess I should have walked a straighter line it may be true I might have had a few before I stumbled home and into bed but this morning it seems that was all just a bunch of dreams I guess last night was all just in my head I guess I got to talkin' like I do and that glass was empty long 'fore I was through three turned into four and then came four more I've never known when enough is enough it's true it may be true I might have had a few before I stumbled home and into bed but this morning it seems that was all just a bunch of dreams I guess last night was all just in my head
7.
Lonely City 03:50
Kansas City did a hell of a number on me between the bars and the bands and the one night stands and the endless nights without sleep a decade or so can fly right by as fast as a man can blink in the arms of that lonely city you ain't got time to think that devil whiskey took a mighty hold on me i emptied every bottle lookin' for you to see by the time I reached the bottom boy you better believe that all I found was my own haggard face starin' right back up at me Kansas City did a hell of a number on me
8.
They say god made the mountains the river and the plains then to save us from his anger he died and rose again well he must have forgotten us or maybe he never was 'cause he left the hell of livin' when he returned above there will be no one to take you no lover's embrace can save you you live then you die alone the devil is a trickster giving balms to soothe all pains but it only leads to heartache when he comes round again oh Lucifer the bearer of the ire of holy men can't ease the hell of livin' with any earthly sin there will be no one to take you no lover's embrace can save you you live then you die alone
9.
Hold me close and never let me go 'cause the night is long and cold tune in a sad song on that transistor radio and we'll dance in your dreams nice and slow make me the hope that you desperately cling onto and we'll write the songs that make our voices shine if we can keep it together there might be a forever but I'll take what I can get of your time well I don't hold out much hope this is just something that I wrote to let you know I'm glad you're mine there is a place that you know that you can run to when the world has brought you way down low a lovin' smile and two strong arms to hold you and a dollar or two for us to blow well I may be just a man but I'll be damned if I don't love you there ain't minute that you don't cross my mind if we can keep it together there might be a forever but I'll take what I can get of your time well I don't hold out much hope this is just something that I wrote to let you know I'm glad you're mine
10.
One Year 03:53
If I saw you I wouldn't know what to say there are things that I need you to know but how could I explain I could tell you when I needed you the most you went away but that won't scratch the surface of the depths of all this pain I could tell you how you ripped my soul apart that it kills me after so much time to find out who you are that promises once broken leave a red and swollen scar I could tell you how you ripped my soul apart I could tell you how the days have all turned black how I don't feel much like livin', how I could never take you back that the anger is all consuming with nowhere to point it at I could tell you how the days are black I could talk about how nothing's really changed I've felt alone for so long now, I'm numb to all the pain but the longing still resurfaces for a simpler time and place but the broken man inside me knows nothing's really changed I could tell you of the dreams where you have died where your tattered soul is movin' on across the great divide and in those dreams I can mourn you in those dreams I can cry I could tell you how you haunt my sleeping mind if I saw you I wouldn't know what to say there are things that I need you to know but how could I explain I could tell you when I needed you the most you went away if I saw you I wouldn't know what to say

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released February 10, 2022

Time Tickin’ By
Marty Bush: Guitar, Bass, Vocals
Kian Byrne: Fiddle
Devon Teran: Pedal Steel

Papa Told Me
Marty Bush: Guitar, Vocals
Devon Teran: Pedal Steel

Windowshade
Marty Bush: Guitar, Vocals
Adam Watson: Drums
Brandon Day: Upright Bass
John Paul Drum: Harmonica
Devon Teran: Pedal Steel

Malaphor
Marty Bush: Guitar, Bass, Vocals
Devon Teran: Pedal Steel

The Long Way Home
Marty Bush: Guitar, Bass, Drums, Vocals
Devon Teran: Pedal Steel

Didn’t I
Marty Bush: Guitar, Vocals
Adam Watson: Drums
Brandon Day: Upright Bass
Devon Teran: Pedal Steel

Lonely City
Marty Bush: Guitar, Vocals
Kian Byrne: Mandolin
Devon Teran: Pedal Steel

Live ‘til You Die
Marty Bush: Guitar, Bass, Drums, Vocals

Keep it Together
Marty Bush: Guitar, Vocals
Kian Byrne: Fiddle
Devon Teran: Dobro

One Year
Marty Bush: Guitar, Vocals
Kian Byrne: Fiddle
Devon Teran: Dobro

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Marty Bush Kansas City, Missouri

Hailing from the plains of eastern Kansas, Marty Bush is a torchbearer of the American songwriting tradition. His songs resonate with the weight of his influences such as Townes Van Zandt, Blaze Foley, and Kris Kristofferson, but he has channeled their emotional honesty and unvarnished truth-telling into something uniquely his own. ... more

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