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Live Oak
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Singer/Songwriter
Live Oak was released on June 11, 2013 by Southeastern Records as a part of the album Southeastern
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Release DateJune 11, 2013
LabelSoutheastern Records
Melodicness
Acousticness
Valence
Danceability
Energy
BPM176

Music Video

Music Video

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Jason Isbell
Jason Isbell
Vocals
Derry DeBorja
Derry DeBorja
Piano
Brian Raymond Allen
Brian Raymond Allen
Bass Guitar
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Jason Isbell
Jason Isbell
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Dave Cobb
Dave Cobb
Producer
Mark Petaccia
Mark Petaccia
Engineer
Pete Lyman
Pete Lyman
Mastering Engineer

Lyrics

[Chorus]
There's a man who walks beside me, he is who I used to be
And I wonder if she sees him and confuses him with me
And I wonder who she's pining for on nights I'm not around
Could it be the man who did the things I'm living down?
[Verse 1]
I was rougher than the timber shipping out of Fond du Lac
When I headed south at seventeen, the sheriff on my back
I'd never held a lover in my arms or in my gaze
So I found another victim every couple days
[Verse 2]
But the night I fell in love with her, I made my weakness known
To the fighters and the farmers digging dusty fields alone
The jealous innuendos of the lonely-hearted men
Let me know what kind of country I was sleeping in
[Verse 3]
Well, you couldn't stay a loner on the plains before the war
When my neighbors took to slightin' me, I had to ask, "What for?"
Rumors of my wickedness had reached our little town
Soon she'd heard about the boys I used to hang around
[Verse 4]
We'd robbed a Great Lakes freighter, killed a couple men or more
When I told her, her eyes flickered like the sharp steel of a sword
All the things that she'd suspected, I'd expected her to fear
Was the truth that drew her to me when I landed here
[Chorus]
There's a man who walks beside me, he is who I used to be
And I wonder if she sees him and confuses him with me
And I wonder who she's pining for on nights I'm not around
Could it be the man who did the things I'm living down?
[Verse 5]
Well, I carved a cross from live oak and her box from short-leaf pine
And buried her so deep, she'd touch the water table line
And picked up what I needed and I headed south again
To myself, I wondered, would I ever find another friend?
[Chorus]
There's a man who walks beside her, he is who I used to be
And I wonder if she sees him and confuses him with me
Written by: Jason Isbell
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