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Birmingham
108,484
Folk
Birmingham was released on January 1, 2012 by Dualtone Music Group as a part of the album O' Be Joyful
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Release DateJanuary 1, 2012
LabelDualtone Music Group
LanguageEnglish
Melodicness
Acousticness
Valence
Danceability
Energy
BPM82

Music Video

Music Video

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Shovels & Rope
Shovels & Rope
Lead Vocals
Joel T. Hamilton
Joel T. Hamilton
Synthesizer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Michael Trent
Michael Trent
Songwriter
Cary Ann Hearst
Cary Ann Hearst
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Michael Trent
Michael Trent
Producer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Delta mama and a Nickajack man
Raised their Cumberland daughter in a Tennessee band
Played Springwater, Station Inn
Couldn't play fast
Couldn't fit in
[Verse 2]
Caught a '66 Dodge in Caroline
Got her education on her mama's dime
She was singin' in a bar called Comatose
Halfway rusted on the salty coast
[Verse 3]
Rock of Ages, cleave for me
Let me hide myself in thee
Buried in the sand
Five hundred miles from Birmingham
[Verse 4]
Well, Rockmount cowboy in a rock and roll band
Plugged his amplifier in all across the land
Athens, Georgia on a Friday night
Saw that little girl
She could sing alright
[Verse 5]
Spent five years goin' from town to town
Waitin' on that little girl to come around
Caught in the arms of New York City
To lose that gal seemed a terrible pity
[Verse 6]
Rock of Ages, cleave for me
Let my heart forget of thee
Why do you demand?
Callin' me from Birmingham
[Verse 7]
Pulled her covered wagon off the BQE
Said this'll be the last you'll ever see of me
Well the cowboy laughed, said, "I know it's not true
'Cause there's nothin' I could do to get loose from you"
[Verse 8]
Made a little money playin' in the bars
With two beat-up drums and two old guitars
From the Crescent City to the Great Salt Lake
It ain't what you got, it's what you make
[Verse 9]
When the road got rough and the wheels all broke
Coudn't take more than we could tow
Makin' somethin' outta nothin' with a scratch and a hope
Two old guitars like a shovel and a rope
[Verse 10]
Rock of Ages, cleave for me
Let me hide myself in thee
Now I understand
On better terms since Birmingham
Written by: Cary Ann Hearst, Michael Trent
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