Young Man (some days I can only despair) featuring Ada Dyer

by Nathan Bell

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Words and Music by Nathan Bell

Record label- NeedtoKnow Music

Copyright 2021

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Young Man (some days I can only despair)

Words and Music by Nathan Bell 2021

You can gather at the river
But the river’s only dirt
There’s nothing there to quench your thirst
Or wash away the hurt

It only gets darker
At the bottom of the well
There’s No reflection of heaven
Or ladder out of hell

You better run, run, run
Run get your gun quick as you can
If they catch you they will kill you
Young man, young man

They will beat you on the bridges
Club you to your knees
Put chains around your neck
And hang you from the trees

And the water that you waded in
Will be used to knock you down
They’ll step over your body
As you lie there on the ground

You better run, run, run
Run get your gun quick as you can
If they catch you they will kill you
Young man, young man

When I was just a baby
My mama told me son
Never be a curse
To anything or anyone

There’ll be men who speak in riddles
And men who speak in lies
And men who only speak of hate
Until the day they die

You better run, run, run
Run get your gun quick as you can
If they catch you they will kill you
Young man, young man

You better run, run, run
Run get your gun quick as you can
If they catch you they will kill you
Young man, young man

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released May 17, 2022
Nathan Bell- acoustic guitars, banjo, bass, keyboards, lead vocal
Ada Dyer- Background and chorus vocals

Recorded at Angry Stick Studios, Signal Mountain, TN

Mixed and Mastered by Nathan Bell
Vinyl Mastering- Alex McCullough

Produced by Nathan Bell
Executive Producer- Brian Brinkerhoff

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Nathan Bell Chattanooga, Tennessee

Dean's List: 2021- Robert Christgau

....the most political songbook I opened all year. Sowing musical righteousness from Angola Prison to “Jesus don’t like your folding money/Or the way you use his name,” he never relents but never speechifies either, just lays out brutal facts nobody can live with 24-seven on the assumption that most of us could use some reminding right about now. ... more

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