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Leadville
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Leadville was released on June 7, 2024 by Pravda Records as a part of the album Ghosts
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AlbumGhosts
Release DateJune 7, 2024
LabelPravda Records
LanguageEnglish
Melodicness
Acousticness
Valence
Danceability
Energy
BPM118

Music Video

Music Video

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Steve Dawson
Steve Dawson
Lead Vocals
Gerald Dowd
Gerald Dowd
Drums
Brian Wilkie
Brian Wilkie
Slide Guitar
Alton Smith
Alton Smith
Piano
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Steve Dawson
Steve Dawson
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Steve Dawson
Steve Dawson
Producer
John Abbey
John Abbey
Producer

Lyrics

Leadville once was a big-time boomtown
now it's two stop lights six churches and a jail
at night all the hometown boys get wasted
and race their trucks
up and down a dirt hill
Zeppelin and Skynyrd blasting out distorted
from a Tandy speaker in a pick-up truck
standing round a bonfire
no one saying nothing
til a fight broke out or the sheriff showed up
I was up before daylight to catch a school bus
that took me 25 miles to another town
the bus driver was a stone cold racist
who didn't like the way
the Civil War turned out
the school was ruled by a Christian warrior
who's fits of rage were serious
a little too handsy with the freshman girls
while he warned about the Rapture
and the wrath of Jesus
I got my first job when I was 14
washing dishes in a kitchen full of raging men
their endless bragging
about pussy and cocaine
made me promise myself
I wouldn't turn out like them
I had a crush on a girl who lived in a trailer
I hung with her family one 4th of July
her brother was as stupid
as a sack full of doorknobs
we ran and got the hose
when he set himself on fire
Written by: Steve Dawson
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