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Dear Family

by the red ferns

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1.
C/T/S/I 02:32
It's cold and I am thin and it is sinking in It's cold and I am thin and you can see my battered skin It's cold and I am thin and it is sinking in My God it's sinking in Before you came along I was a broken mess Before you came along I was all locked inside my head Before you came along I was a broken mess I really like my dress It's cold and I am thin and it is sinking in It's cold and I am thin and you can see my healing skin It's cold and I am thin and it is sinking in My God it's sinking in It's cold and I am thin and it is sinking in It's cold and I am thin and there;s no marks upon my skin It's cold and I am thin and it is sinking in My God it's sinking in My God it's sinking in My God it's sinking in
2.
All I Know 03:48
Paint the sky a dismal grey Come with me this autumn day You look like sun and walk like wind Reminding me I've always been Oh safe in your arms Yeah you wear me like a scar Lie with me beneath the trees Watching fire fall like the leaves Close your eyes and listen close Feel the Lord inside your soul Take my hand and follow close As we haunt this town like ghosts All I know is your the only thing I see All I know is that God's been listening to me Answered prayers have brought me here to you All I ask is that you've prayed for me too Spirits high and hearts aflame I won't let this die between us again Though we fight and though we brawl When I'm with you I'm ten feet tall Leave this place in our dust Till the wheel come off from rust A hundred years seem like a day When you look at me and say All I know is your the only thing I see All I know is that God's been listening to me Answered prayers have brought me here to you All I ask is that you've prayed for me too And in the night you'll walk right through my door And I realize I've dreamt of this before Fall asleep on my cotton bed alone Always forget that for years you've been gone
3.
Sweet Talk 03:43
Am I worth more than one line Just one grain in the sands of time They never count the years you've grown Only tally the years you've earned Won't you fly to my house tonight We can find another way out Just one more night here One more miserable blessed fight til you're near Oh take me away I can't stand one more day in your heart My trails went cold But you're still digging for gold in my arms Still feel your shivers down my spine Still feel you fingers wrapped around my mind A brighter place they say But all I crave now is your sweet embrace Oh take me away I can't stand one more day in your heart My trails went cold But you're still digging for gold in my arms They say don't give in But you've been sweet talkin' me for hours now
4.
Remember Me 04:16
Remember me when I was 17 And how the way things ought to be When we found ourselves in the backseat of a truck And I was young and I was innocent and I thought love was enough We got drunk on your father's back porch And we broke bottles on the trees in the yard And I hate that it got too strong But she was sweet and she was beautiful and she never did me wrong So I'll wait on the outskirts of town Waiting for that old pickup truck to come around But I know that your busy that day And we both know you'd never ask me to stay And I drive by the house every year or two Just to see the way our little baby girl grew And I love in the yard she plays And I hate that I'm the one, the one that got away So I'll wait on the outskirts of town Waiting for that old pickup truck to come around The corner and I wonder if you ever miss me at all But I know that your busy that day And we both know you'd never ask me to stay
5.
Don't 05:06
Don't leave me in the woods I'm a crooked mess I'd be lost for good Don't leave me in the dark I'm too scared to hide I couldn't run that far Don't leave me on this shore It will all return to how it was before Don't say goodbye to me I've been left enough They didn't have to leave Don't say goodbye to me Don't say goodbye Don't say Don't leave me on this shore it will all return to how it was before Don't say goodbye to me I've been left enough They didn't have to leave Don't say goodbye to me Don't say goodbye Don't say Please just stay under these bright stars with my broken soul When you go I'll be lost Please just stay under these damned stars with my broken soul When you go I'll be lost I don't want to be alone Don't say goodbye to me Don't say goodbye Don't say
6.
Easy Life 03:03
I've got holes in my heels as I walk this highway road Been like this for three damn years Try to hear son, hear what I've been told You'll search the world for this pot of gold It's the easy life living day by day It's the easy life never a word to say I'm the open road a thousand days a year just know that I miss you dear I hope you found your love I know that I've found mine Don't spend your earned on pillows and cheap wine Keep the kids warm tell em' father sends his love Don't need no drunkard keeping them from their wants I like the easy life living day by day I like my easy life never a word to say I'm the open road a thousand days a year just know that I miss you dear And when the time comes to make my way back home I'll get a clean shave and a pack of cigs for two And we'll go down to the creek where we first met talk all night through Nothing but trees me and you But I love my easy life living day by day I love my easy life never a word to say I'm the open road a thousand days a year just know that I miss you dear
7.
Dear Family 05:05
What do you say dear father What do you say dear father Will I grow up to be a big strong man What do you say dear brother What do you say dear brother Will I grow up to be a big strong man Will I grow up to say I've done all I can What do you say dear mother What do you say dear mother Will I grow up to be all that you were not What do you say dear sister What do you say dear sister Will I grow up to be all that you were not Will I grow up to to learn to follow the plot How can I start when our family's love been ripped and torn apart How can I begin When I live on separate houses on the weekend How can I start when our family's love been ripped and torn apart How can I begin When I live on separate houses on the weekend What can I do when I'm told I'll have to choose between the two of you How can I live When I see the love between you die again and again What do you say dear family What do you say dear family Can I grow up Can I grow up What do you say dear family What do you say dear family Can I grow up Can I grow up
8.
Reprise 05:36
When you're lost I won't try to understand I'm not the kind of man to even ask And when it's done and you know you've finally won I know of a certain one you need to find But at the end of your days And your strings have all been frayed And you're looking down a barrel of a gun You've got a home that waits for you And a man that waits for you With the love of a thousand beating hearts When these days now consist of these crooked politicians That turn out to be morticians of our daily bread And these wars I know they just won't stop And there seems to be no plot to it all My hope lies up above With his mercy and love Even though this whole worlds shot to hell You can't way me down I'm meant for Heaven's town Where the pain of this world is no more What do you say dear family What do you say dear family Can I grow up Can I grow up What do you say dear family What do you say dear family Can I grow up Can I grow up

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This album is a story that is all to familiar for too many people in this world. 'Dear Family' is more than songs; its a message that I hope you will listen to and gain something. For this reason, the album is free. Pay what you deem it is worth. Each song is a chapter so remember that it is meant to be listened to from beginning to end as if each song is a chapter. Thank you so much for your support and I hope you enjoy :)

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released December 2, 2016

Vocals: Austin Church, Kay Church
Drums: David McGuire, Austin Church
Guitars: Joe Hubbell, Jonathan Demessie, Austin Church
Bass: Avery Benter, Austin Church
Violin: Hannah Carlson
Mandolin: Avery Benter, Austin Church
Banjo: Austin Church
Piano: Austin Church
Mastering: Ray Nesbit

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Singer Songwriter group from Ft. Myers telling stories through song.

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