Tift Merritt — My Heart Is Free
Album: Another CountryAvg rating:
Your rating:
Total ratings: 83
Length: 3:26
Plays (last 30 days): 0
share
tweet
Well, the first thing I remember is the last thing that I saw,
Morning hit the barrel of a rifle going off.
Then the daylight wrapped around me,
Then I heard the sergeant scream,
Then all my reservations fell gently at my feet.
Now my heart is free.
My heart is free, and all the things that hold a man no longer carry me.
I was sure there was a reason to take that side and fight,
But when I saw the trembling hands that put that shot in flight,
Well I saw the hands of Jesus, saw the shores at Normandy,
Saw a hundred thousand weary lost and homesick boys like me.
Now my heart is free.
My heart is free, and all the things that hold a man no longer carry me.
Now they don't remember my name or the girl that I made proud,
And whatever drew me from her arms is nothing to me now.
Now my heart is free.
My heart is free, and all the things that hold a man no longer carry me.
My heart is free.
My heart is free, and all the things that hold a man no longer carry me.
Morning hit the barrel of a rifle going off.
Then the daylight wrapped around me,
Then I heard the sergeant scream,
Then all my reservations fell gently at my feet.
Now my heart is free.
My heart is free, and all the things that hold a man no longer carry me.
I was sure there was a reason to take that side and fight,
But when I saw the trembling hands that put that shot in flight,
Well I saw the hands of Jesus, saw the shores at Normandy,
Saw a hundred thousand weary lost and homesick boys like me.
Now my heart is free.
My heart is free, and all the things that hold a man no longer carry me.
Now they don't remember my name or the girl that I made proud,
And whatever drew me from her arms is nothing to me now.
Now my heart is free.
My heart is free, and all the things that hold a man no longer carry me.
My heart is free.
My heart is free, and all the things that hold a man no longer carry me.
Comments (22)add comment
"Keep You Happy"....!? rtrudeau: the choice of songs to represent particular album, a particular artist, is at the discretion subjective of each one and not always the choice of RP-production are the happiest and the songs that most artists can benefit, since they songs are the ones that will run on airplay. For example, in my opinion, i find it very questionable to leave out the most original song of the album: "Keep You Happy ", or even "I Know What I'm Looking for Now".
Btw, and I still think: "songs exist, to the times, that it seems equal to as much others...."
lewie221 wrote:
Calypsus, your zen-like comments are awesome.
But I gotta ask, are you a non-English speaker using a translation engine, or are you an English speaker using a translation engine to seem exotic?
It's a very advanced program: the Random Bullshit Generator 2.0
Calypsus, your zen-like comments are awesome.
But I gotta ask, are you a non-English speaker using a translation engine, or are you an English speaker using a translation engine to seem exotic?
It's a very advanced program: the Random Bullshit Generator 2.0
jagdriver wrote:
Yeah, especially the guitar work. Without it, it'd be rather boring.
Wow! That's exactly what I was going to say!
(I guess I agree with myself...)
Yeah, especially the guitar work. Without it, it'd be rather boring.
Wow! That's exactly what I was going to say!
(I guess I agree with myself...)
Love it !!!!!
DIdn't we already hear this song today? It's a cool song, but not that cool, folks.
I do like some aspects of the backing instrumentation, but I really don't like her straight, regimented vocals. Country vocals can definitely grab me, but this - not so much.
lewie221 (Silicon Valley); parrothead (could be anywhere in the great USA); by request:
songs exist, to the times, that it seems equal to as much others....
Have a Nice & Happy Year 2009 w/ Radio Paradise Station!
She looks so much like my nextdoor neighbor that it's spooky. I told her that and she's never heard of Tift Merritt, even though the song "Broken" got quite a bit of air time on one local radio stations.
calypsus_1 wrote:
Yes, Master Yoda
to the times songs exist that perish equal to as much others......
Yes, Master Yoda
RadioDoc wrote:
What does gender bending have to do with it? Oh, wait. Nevermind.
I kind of like it. Nothing genre-bending but certainly servicable.
What does gender bending have to do with it? Oh, wait. Nevermind.
calypsus_1 wrote:
Calypsus, your zen-like comments are awesome.
But I gotta ask, are you a non-English speaker using a translation engine, or are you an English speaker using a translation engine to seem exotic?
to the times songs exist that perish equal to as much others......
Calypsus, your zen-like comments are awesome.
But I gotta ask, are you a non-English speaker using a translation engine, or are you an English speaker using a translation engine to seem exotic?
RadioDoc wrote:
Yeah, especially the guitar work. Without it, it'd be rather boring.
I kind of like it. Nothing genre-bending but certainly servicable.
Yeah, especially the guitar work. Without it, it'd be rather boring.
I missed the song - but what a great name of the singer!
This song doesn't do much for me. 5
Sounds like something off of Patty Griffin's Flaming Red.
to the times songs exist that perish equal to as much others......
I heard Tift on NPR today doing a PSA for the annual fundraising drive.
Sounds like somebody's been studying Patty...
I kind of like it. Nothing genre-bending but certainly servicable.
A bit bland.
"Keep You Happy" Lyrics by Songwriter Tift Merritt:
The sky is turning and longing for something far away
The moon?s a tear drop, see slowly as it falls away
Miles running down a face, everything?s bound to change
It?s bound to change
Day breaks of tenderness, so hold me here like this
So still and quiet as if it might keep you happy
Oh, keep you happy, oh, keep you happy, oh, keep you happy
A feeling has me and tells me it will never stay
Your heart beats miles now, I feel them as they run away
Close gets so far away, close gets so far
Day breaks of loneliness, I?d weather all of this
If I could find a place where I?d keep you happy
Oh, keep you happy, oh, keep you happy, oh, keep you happy
Why do we pretend there is something to hold onto?
See how my world fell in, I was trying to hold you
I was just trying to hold you
Night is a gypsy he tells me he will never stay
Miles are like heart beats, I know them as they fly away
See how they fly away, see as I fly
Day breaks of restlessness, I?m filled with all of this
But deep inside what will I find to keep me happy
Oh, keep me happy, oh, keep me happy, oh, keep me happy, oh