Who's Gonna Fill These Boots? (feat. Georgette Jones)

from Back in the Saddle of a Fever Dream by Western Terrestrials

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Who’s Gonna Fill These Boots
My old man sang me cowboy lullabies.
About the towns of West Texas and ghost riders in the sky
He taught me how to wind a Telecaster string up right
He casts a long shadow every night

Mamma cried and clutched her rosary beads
Tried to pray the highway out of me
At 16 years old I played my first shows on the road
Brought home a blue rose from Texas where the tattoo tore a hole

Who’s gonna fill these boots?
Walk a country mile in ‘em, and be the living proof?
Who’s gonna fill these boots?

All these years I’ve rambled, round this world, trying to shake my reputation as daddy’s little girl
Whiskey stained glasses and angels clipped of wings. Tarnished halos, golden rings

Sometimes I wonder. Who’s gonna fill these boots?
Walk a country mile in ‘em, and be the living proof?
Who’s gonna fill these boots?

I’ve been down so many roads, others chose for me. And left me lying in the ditch.
Played roles that didn’t suit me, tried on clothes that didn’t fit
But this skin I’m living in, I’m finally happy in it

The highway feels alive after last night’s set. Ears pounding, body aching, soaked in cooling sweat.
The ember from my cigarette drifts off in the breeze. I am where I’m meant to be.

Sometimes I wonder. Who’s gonna fill these boots?
Walk a country mile in ‘em, and be the living proof?
Who’s gonna fill these boots?

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from Back in the Saddle of a Fever Dream, released July 4, 2020
Recorded at OmniSound Studios in Nashville, TN. March, 2020
Produced by Dean Miller
Rory Roistas, Sound and Mixing Engineer
Mastered by Jim DeMain at Yes Master Studios
Featuring:
Georgette Jones - Vocals
J.T. Corenflos – Electric Guitar
Jimmy Wallace – Piano
Asa Brosius - Pedal Steel Guitar

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Western Terrestrials Sharon, Vermont

Conjuring up sweeping panoramas of dusty astral plains and the allure of whiskey-laden honky tonks, Western Terrestrials are the kind of wry, unconventional outsiders country music could get used to. The Vermont-based group accomplishes a tricky feat: threading the needle between paying homage to classic country, and forging their own brand of unapologetic, hard-driving cosmic American music. ... more

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