Chasing the Storm
Chasing the Storm
Living in this ten-cent city for too long
I think it’s time to leave, before I drown.
I got no money, and I got no car.
They’re making bets that I won’t get too far
But now I’m
Chasing the storm out of this ol’ town
Chasing the storm out of town
Working all day long, going round and round
They won’t let me up, they wanna hold me down
I’ve had enough, it’s time to go
Pack up my things and I’m out the door
And now I’m
Chasing the storm out of this ol’ town
Chasing the storm out of town
Bridge:
I’m not looking for sympathy
My baby gives me what I need
I‘ve got some tricks left up my sleeve
And now we’re
Chasing the storm out of this ol’ town
Chasing the storm out of town.
Chasing the Storm – I love this song! The working title was “Generic Texas Boogie”, which is what it is. I play my brother’s 1967 Gibson SG Junior on this song. We plugged it into a Mesa Boogie Amp and distorted it a bit. I didn’t use a foot pedal. Many of the lyrics of this song were written in our hot tub, looking out over La Plata Mountains. I stole the lyric “ten cent city” from a song by Carlene Carter and Susanna Clark, Easy From Now On, although they use “ten-cent town”. Emmylou Harris recorded that song, as did Miranda Lambert. Lyrically, it’s a really simple song, as rock songs can be. That’s me playing the intro, then Fred comes in with the lead guitar. I had told Scott earlier that I might sing some harmonies on this album and then chickened out. When I came to the studio to redo the vocals on this song, I decided to record a harmony on it. I sing a third above the melody and hit it pretty well. I love Jack’s honky-tonk piano solo on this, and really like Evan’s bass on the repeated intro part. At the last minute I decided that a fat sax solo would sound good on this song, and Scott contacted Sam Kelly to come in a record on this track. He has a great sound!