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i tried (live, GemsOnVHS recording)

by Matt Heckler

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On this particular recording, Matt was playing an incredibly bass-banjo I loved. I was passing by this wildflower field every day on the way to GemsOnVHS HQ and thought it'd be a great natural setting to play some songs. Plus, the background matched the Heckler hair quite well.

lyrics

For a day, for a night
If I could only set things right
And leave out of town
Part ways with the darkness
And step into the light
From the silence to the sound

Of an old time mountain band playing
All the songs I know
Marching me to the gallows high
I step up to the rope
Where both my hands are tied
And I'll sing out before I die,
"Tell everyone I love that I tried"

A breeze crept through my house today
And I knew that it was you
It came to my bed and so softly said
Be kind and I'll be true
But a bed of broken vows is all that I have now
And I tend to lose

I slip down to the river to get some peace of mind
But you are gone and the river's dry
Tell everyone I love that I tried

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released August 25, 2020
Recorded by Anthony Simpkins

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Matt Heckler North Carolina

Multi-instrumentalist Matt Heckler writes and performs with the sense of weight and enormity of the mountains from which he hails. While his proficiency at banjo and fiddle is sure to capture your attention, it's the songs themselves that won't ever let you go. They sound like they've been sung for generations upon generations, but they are modern originals -- the spreading ripples of new waves. ... more

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