Barton Hollow

The Civil Wars Barton Hollow Lyrics
1.20 Years

Writer(s):Joy WilliamsJohn Paul White

There's a note underneath your front door
That I wrote twenty years ago
Yellow paper and a faded picture
And a secret in an envelope

There's no reasons, no excuses
There's no second-hand alibis
Just some black ink on some blue lines
And a shadow you won't recognize

In the meantime, I'll be waiting
For twenty years and twenty more
I'll be praying for redemption
And your note underneath my door
And your note underneath my door


2.I've Got This Friend

Writer(s):Joy WilliamsJohn Paul White

I've got this friend, I don't think you know him
He's not much for words, he's hidden his heart away
Oh, I've got this friend, a loveless romantic
All that he really wants is someone to want him back

Oh, if the right one came
If the right one came along
Oh, if the right one came along

I've got this friend, I don't think you know her
She sings a simple song that sounds a lot like his
I've got this friend holding onto her heart
Like it's a little secret, like it's all she's got to give

Oh, if the right one came
If the right one came along
Oh, if the right one came along

It'd be such a shame if they never meet
She sounds lovely, he sounds right out of a dream
If only, if only, if only

Oh, if the right one came
If the right one came along
Oh, (I've got this friend)
If the right one came
If the right one came along
Oh, (I've got this friend)
If the right one came along


3.C'est La Mort

Writer(s):Joy WilliamsJohn Paul White

Swan dive down eleven stories high
Hold your breath until you see the light
You can sink to the bottom of the sea
Just don't go without me

Go get lost where no one can be found
Drink so long and deep until you drown
Say your goodbyes but darling if you please
Don't go without me

C'est la vie
C'est la mort
You and me
Forevermore

Let's walk down the road that has no end
Steal away where only angels tread
Heaven or hell or somewhere in between
Cross your heart to take me when you leave
Don't go, please don't go
Don't go without me


4.To Whom It May Concern

Writer(s):Joy WilliamsJohn Paul White

Why are you so far from me?
In my arms is where you ought to be
How long will you make me wait?
I don't know much more I can take

I've missed you
But I haven't met you
Oh how I want to
How I do

Slowly counting down the days
Till I finally know your name
The way your hand feels round my waist
The way you laugh, the way your kisses taste

I've missed you
But I haven't met you
Oh how I want to
How I do
How I do

I've missed you
But I haven't met you
Oh I've missed you
But I haven't met you
Oh but I want to
Oh how I want to

Dear whoever you might be
I'm still waiting patiently


5.Poison & Wine

Writer(s):Joy WilliamsJohn Paul WhiteChris Lindsey

You only know what I want you to
I know everything you don't want me to
Your mouth is poison, your mouth is wine
You think your dreams are the same as mine

I don't love you but I always will
I don't love you but I always will
I don't love you but I always will
I always will

I wish you'd hold me when I turn my back
The less I give the more I get back
Your hands can heal, your hands can bruise
I don't have a choice, but I still choose you

I don't love you but I always will
I don't love you but I always will
I don't love you but I always will
I don't love you but I always will

I always will
I always will
I always will
I always will


6.My Father's Father

Writer(s):Joy WilliamsJohn Paul White

I hear something hanging on the wind
I see black smoke up around the bend
I've got my ticket and I'm going to go
Home

The leaves have changed a time or two
Since the last time the train came through
I've got my ticket and I'm going to go
Home

My father's father's blood is on the tracks
A sweet refrain drifts in from the past
I've got my ticket and I'm going to go
Home

The winding roads that led me here
Burn like coal and dry like tears
So here's my hope, my tired soul
Here's my ticket, I want to go
Home
Home
Home


7.Barton Hollow

Writer(s):Joy WilliamsJohn Paul White

I'm a dead man walking here
But that's the least of all my fears
Ooh, underneath the water

It's not Alabama clay
That gives my trembling hands away
Please forgive me father

Ain't going back to Barton Hollow
Devil gonna follow me e'er I go
Won't do me no good washing in the river
Can't no preacher man save my soul

Did that full moon force my hand?
Or that unmarked hundred grand?
Ooh, underneath the water
Please forgive me father

Miles and miles in my bare feet
Still can't lay me down to sleep
If I die before I wake
I know the Lord my soul won't take

I'm a dead man walking
I'm a dead man walking

Keep walking and running and running for miles
Keep walking and running and running for miles
Keep walking and running and running for miles

Ain't going back to Barton Hollow
Devil gonna follow me e'er I go
Won't do me no good washing in the river
Can't no preacher man save my soul


8.The Violet Hour

Writer(s):Joy WilliamsJohn Paul White


9.Girl With The Red Balloon

Writer(s):Joy WilliamsJohn Paul White

There's a pub on the south side of town
Time stands still while there's still wine around
She's the one in the calico
The one who's always and never alone

Did she let him go?
Or did the four winds blow him away?
Would she even know?
She's the girl with the red balloon

Keep her glass full of cheap champagne
She will tell of a man with no name
Smoke and mirrors have done her in
She's in love and she won't be again

Did she let him go?
Or did the four winds blow him away?
Does she even know?
She's the girl with the red balloon

So lovely
So lonely
Floating away

Did she let him go?
Or did the four winds blow him away?
Does she even know?
Did she let him go?
Or did the four winds blow him away?
Does she even know?
She's the girl
She's the girl with the red balloon


10.Falling

Writer(s):Joy WilliamsJohn Paul White

Haven't you seen me sleepwalking?
Cause I've been holding your hand
Haven't you noticed me drifting?
Oh let me tell you, I am

Tell me it's nothing
Try to convince me
That I'm not drowning
Oh let me tell you, I am

Please, please tell me you know
I've got to let you go
I can't help falling out of love with you

Why am I feeling so guilty?
Why am I holding my breath?
Worried about everyone but me
And I just keep losing myself

Tell me it's nothing
Try to convince me
That I'm not drowning
Oh let me tell you, I am

Please, please tell me you know
I've got to let you go
I can't help falling out of love with you

Won't, won't you read my mind?
Don't you make me lie here
And die here

Please, please tell me you know
I've got to let you go
I can't help falling out of love with you
With you

Haven't you noticed? I'm sleepwalking


11.Forget Me Not

Writer(s):Joy WilliamsJohn Paul White

I've been a-waiting for you
And you've been a-waiting for me
Tell me that you'll always be true
And you'll be the only one for me

Forget me not, my dear, my darling
Forget me not, my love

I just want to hold your hand
Hang on every word you say
Let's write a song for us
And sing it till we're old and gray

Forget me not, my dear, my darling
Forget me not, my love

I'm coming home real soon
Please leave a light on for me
Tell me that you'll always be true
And you'll be the only one for me
Yes, you'll be the only one for me


12.Birds Of A Feather

Writer(s):Joy WilliamsJohn Paul White

Where she walks no flowers bloom
He's the wall I see right through
She's the absinthe on my lips
The splinter in my fingertips

But who could do without you?
But who could do without you?

She's the sea I'm sinking in
He's the ink under my skin
Sometimes I can't tell where I end
Where I leave off and he begins

But who could do without you?
But who could do without you?

Oh, aren't we a pretty, pretty pair?
Yes, we are
All, all the king's horses and all of his men
Couldn't tear us apart

Dancing with a ball and chain
Through it all we still remain
Like butterflies around a flame
Till ashes, ashes, we fade away


13.Billie Jean(Michael Jackson)

Writer(s):Michael Jackson


14.I Want You Back(The Jackson 5)

Writer(s):Berry GordyFonce MizellFreddie PerrenDeke Richards


15.Dance Me To The End Of Love(Leonard Cohen)

Writer(s):Leonard Cohen


16.You Are My Sunshine(Jimmie Davis)

Writer(s):Jimmie Davis


17.Goodbye Girl(Acoustic)

Writer(s):Joy WilliamsJohn Paul White


18.Marionette(Demo)

Writer(s):Joy WilliamsJohn Paul White