Too Close To You (feat. John Craigie)
from Out of Blue by Daniel Steinbock
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lyrics
1.
Picked up at the crossroads
Kicked out in New Mexico
Woke up on the good side of the river
This afternoon
Goddamn wage slavin', I swear
I'm never going back to there
This morning I combed my hair
For no one else but me
Well I never had religion
But I always keep the faith
When I was a child, I had visions
Like a shine upon my face
I never made it past the preacher
He always smelled the booze
But every night I'm born again
Into something new
If I ever make it back to California
I'm gonna put down roots
Cause I never had a hard time
I never had a hard time
I never had a hard time
Gettin' too close to you
Found Jesus on the bathroom floor
I was sprawled out, strung out in a Baton Rouge bar
He rolled a spliff and we both hitched out
To Lake Pontchartrain
He said, "I ain't fleein' the law, I abide
My Father's law is come
And my Father's law is mine"
We never made it to the Delta
But we surely sang the blues
All I need is the sunshine, my ukulela
And a pair of old brown shoes
I never made it as a folksinger
I couldn't hold a tune
But every night I'm born again
Into something new
If I ever make it back to California
I'm gonna put down roots
Cause I never had a hard time
I never had a hard time
I never had a hard time
Gettin' too close to you
2.
Seven years-old and I couldn't sleep
Mama, I don't want to die
What am I, what am I supposed to be?
And my mother pointed up to the sky
"For every star that you can see
There's a child afraid of dying
What you are, what you are was meant to be
Filling the black up with shining"
That's when it started:
Broke-open-hearted
3.
And as I'm sinking in my bed
Thank my holy lights that never end
Tonight I'm gonna lay my head
By a river of shooting stars
Well I never been to Heaven
But I've seen Annapurna in bloom
I never made it back to California
To put down roots
I never been one for oneness
I set a table for two
Cause I never had a hard time
I never had a hard time
I never had a hard time
Gettin' too close to you
Picked up at the crossroads
Kicked out in New Mexico
Woke up on the good side of the river
This afternoon
Goddamn wage slavin', I swear
I'm never going back to there
This morning I combed my hair
For no one else but me
Well I never had religion
But I always keep the faith
When I was a child, I had visions
Like a shine upon my face
I never made it past the preacher
He always smelled the booze
But every night I'm born again
Into something new
If I ever make it back to California
I'm gonna put down roots
Cause I never had a hard time
I never had a hard time
I never had a hard time
Gettin' too close to you
Found Jesus on the bathroom floor
I was sprawled out, strung out in a Baton Rouge bar
He rolled a spliff and we both hitched out
To Lake Pontchartrain
He said, "I ain't fleein' the law, I abide
My Father's law is come
And my Father's law is mine"
We never made it to the Delta
But we surely sang the blues
All I need is the sunshine, my ukulela
And a pair of old brown shoes
I never made it as a folksinger
I couldn't hold a tune
But every night I'm born again
Into something new
If I ever make it back to California
I'm gonna put down roots
Cause I never had a hard time
I never had a hard time
I never had a hard time
Gettin' too close to you
2.
Seven years-old and I couldn't sleep
Mama, I don't want to die
What am I, what am I supposed to be?
And my mother pointed up to the sky
"For every star that you can see
There's a child afraid of dying
What you are, what you are was meant to be
Filling the black up with shining"
That's when it started:
Broke-open-hearted
3.
And as I'm sinking in my bed
Thank my holy lights that never end
Tonight I'm gonna lay my head
By a river of shooting stars
Well I never been to Heaven
But I've seen Annapurna in bloom
I never made it back to California
To put down roots
I never been one for oneness
I set a table for two
Cause I never had a hard time
I never had a hard time
I never had a hard time
Gettin' too close to you
credits
from Out of Blue,
released February 15, 2019
John Craigie: harmonica
John Nuhn: double bass
Simon Kornelis: lead acoustic guitar
Daniel Steinbock: vocals, rhythm acoustic guitar,
classical guitar, piano
John Craigie: harmonica
John Nuhn: double bass
Simon Kornelis: lead acoustic guitar
Daniel Steinbock: vocals, rhythm acoustic guitar,
classical guitar, piano
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about
Daniel Steinbock Santa Rosa, California
American singer-songwriter from the San Francisco Bay.
discography
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Feb 2019 -
Nov 2016 -
Jan 2011