Recording and Mixing Dates: Recorded October 16 and 20, 2016. Mixed October 20, 2016.
Genesis: This is another song I wrote during FAWM (February Album Writing) 2008. I wrote the words and music on February 10, 2008. I was dealing with some serious issues with a family member and this song was my safety valve to blow off some steam.
Production: Bass Guitar, Electric Guitars, Pedal Steel, and Drums.
Lyrics
If Truth Be Told
You’d be out of this house
Out on the street
Walking away
With a small valise
You’d be out in the cold
If Truth Be Told
You’d be pleading and crying
Claiming what’s true
Defying the facts
With your latest tattoo
You’d lose your foothold
If Truth Be Told.
If Truth Be Told
And you shed that skin
Coated with lies
Denial and sin
Standing there naked
Exposed to the light
Wouldn’t make no difference
If you’re wrong or right
You’d be searching for words
Trying to evade
The cards that you dealt
The hand that you played
You’d cross a new threshold
If Truth Be Told
You’d be out in the cold
If Truth Be Told
Copyright 2016 Fred Grittner All Rights Reserved
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Many thanks for this one, Fred. Again I liked it. It’s going to have to be a triple CD! Neat and brief rocker in the old single’s style, with shades of Johnny Burnette’s ‘Honey Hush’ at the outset.
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Thanks, Brian!
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Awesome, Fred!
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Thanks, Henry!
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What a lyric, Fred. I know the story. Sometimes songs like this just Need to be written.
It´s a very good song, excellent playing. You sing very well again, Have you tried to growl a little more? The guitars fit very, very well, and you already know what I think about pedal steels.
Fine song indeed. All that needed to be said in a short, angry song.
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Helllo mate great blog post
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