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Colter Wall — Sleeping On The Blacktop
Album: Imaginary Appalachia
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7.2

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Total ratings: 693









Released: 2015
Length: 3:06
Plays (last 30 days): 4
Sunshine beating on the good times
Moonlight raising from the grave
String band playing worn out honkey-tonks
Pretty young thing going dancing in the rain

High heel lady spitting at the nickajack
Business man with a needle and a spoon
Coyote chewing on a cigarette
Pack o' young boys going howlin' at the moon

Hey darlin'!
Sleeping on the blacktop
Hey darlin'!
Running through the trees honey
Hey darlin'!
Leaving for the next town
Less'n my sense catches up with me

Three dead in a crash on the number 4
Two witnesses below and up high
Not sure whose will be done
You can call me a sinner for wondering why

Hey darlin'!
Sleeping on the blacktop
Hey darlin'!
Running through the trees honey
Hey darlin'!
Leaving for the next town
Less'n my sense catches up with me

Corn liquor tastes sweeter in this town
Could it be it's the same as the last?
I swear I've seen ya face elsewhere before
Just as familiar as a bottle and a glass

Hey darlin'!
Sleeping on the blacktop
Hey darlin'!
Running through the trees honey
Hey darlin'!
Leaving for the next town
Less'n my sense catches up with me
Comments (17)add comment
 SchrodingersCat wrote:

I generally don't like country, but one of my daughters was listening to this a while back, and it really caught me off guard.  Glad to hear it here.  I dig it.



This is not just country!
 SchrodingersCat wrote:

I generally don't like country, but one of my daughters was listening to this a while back, and it really caught me off guard.  Glad to hear it here.  I dig it.



why do so many feel the need to state "i generally don't like Country".... Why?
 SchrodingersCat wrote:

I generally don't like country, but one of my daughters was listening to this a while back, and it really caught me off guard.  Glad to hear it here.  I dig it.



i got really burnt out with the clap-clap, stomp stomp music of the last many years that seems to dominate...but i REALLY like this for some reason. it doesn't seem "put on" kinda seems authentic, for lack of better words. very nice.
Wow. This sounds a lot different than his last few records. He really leans into the cowboy-on-the-trail vibe these days. This is good but I really like his current vibe.
.....this Canadian prairie lad delivers the goods....
 bimmerfan739 wrote:
Good description. I watched/listened to a full concert of RWH a while back, just him and his guitar sitting on a stool. A lot going on there.

Escapes my observation. Hey Darlin' you bore me to...
 bimmerfan739 wrote:

I hear a less gruff Ray Wylie Hubbard. Not so much the voice as the song structure.



Good description. I watched/listened to a full concert of RWH a while back, just him and his guitar sitting on a stool. A lot going on there.
His more recent work is even better. I had the pleasure of producing a show where he performed. He is polite and considerate, and the real deal.
I hear a less gruff Ray Wylie Hubbard. Not so much the voice as the song structure.
I generally don't like country, but one of my daughters was listening to this a while back, and it really caught me off guard.  Glad to hear it here.  I dig it.
First heard this in the Sound Track of Hell or High Water. Punches me every time I hear it.
This is great!!!
Why does he sound like an fellow Australian? I like it because or in spite of that I don't know.
Wow - very nice.
Solid young guy from Swift Current Saskatchewan!
It's got good grit. 
Another song with no reviews? Strange song.. reminds me of my days in Appalachia...