Music

You Can't Go Back

drumkit - gerald dowd
bass guitar - mike fredrickson
organ - scott ligon
vocal and guitar - robbie fulks
trumpet - b.j. cord
trombone - raphael crawford
sax - nate lepine

A ramble through old times, a little autobiographical only in that it mentions Wake County and a brother; but I think and hope that this sums up a mood that's widespread among the ex-young. Musically it echoes some favorites: Joe South, Jim Ford, Al Anderson.

Lyrics

My first love was a plain-dressed girl
Never gave her much but a worried mind
But from my first breath, Mama was the rock of my world
You can't go back, but you can't quit trying.

My next love, freckles and curls
Just shy of sixteen, and she loved me blind
Why couldn't I see what I held in my hand?
You can't go back, but you can't quit trying.

There's an old pole bridge back in the woods of Wake County
Where me and my brother sat fishin while the sun went down
Now the trail is overgrown where we'd chase each other back home
And Lord I can't tell where I've been from where I'm bound

A child is made of feather-light dreams
A man's made up of all he's left behind
Isn't it a wonder what his heart won't let go
You can't go back, but you can't quit trying.

Guitar Chords/Tab

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