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I'm Gone

by Hadnot Creek

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I Must Confess 02:53
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Yes, I must confess My life is an utter mess A running contradiction For lack of better explanation Yes, I must confess My life is an utter mess Turning in circles Getting sick of the changing views I keep tiptoeing around Always seem to be losing ground I’ve fallen so far behind I can never see what’s coming I keep tiptoeing around Always seem to be losing ground Trying to catch up To wherever you might be going I woke up this morning Watched you boxing up your sorrow Or maybe I was only dreaming Someone else’s messed up dream I woke up this morning Watched you boxing up your sorrow Tossing out all the memories That you no longer cared to share
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Oscar's Christmas Lament 02:13
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Well I dream about a warm pisspot in the morning And Christmas dinner , a can of oily sardines A warm Brooklyn beer in the switching yard To wash down a pack of stale saltines And I’m waiting on a train Going to leave my troubles behind Head out west to California Where they say the sun shine all the time Little boys grow up to be old hobos They drink and ramble until they’re toothless and gray Sit around shivering between boxcars Playing gin rummy on a cold Christmas Day. And I’m waiting on a train Going to leave my troubles behind Head out west to California Where they say the sun shine all the time Well I miss my mama & my daddy And I miss my little brother Willie too He hung himself in the old smokehouse Over a girl that he hardly knew
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Biloxi Blues 02:55
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Here we go again Drowning in this stormy sea Wish we could swim away Just you and me But Biloxi’s flooded From all this hurricane rain God is there no shelter From all this misery and pain Train whistle blowing Like some old country song Our hearts have been broken All the good times gone Sing us a tune From the bottom of your heart Keep us strong As others fall apart Give us some refuge While the storm winds blow A roof to keep us dry Where ever we may go Train whistle blowing Like some old country song Our hearts have been broken All the good times gone All the good times gone All the good times gone They’re begging for mercy in Gulfport Floating upside down in Diamond Head Someone swore they just saw Jesus Trying to raise up the lost souls of the dead All the good times gone All the good times gone All the good times gone
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I Don't Want To Think About It 02:48
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You think I’m crazy Well I think so too But if I think too much I become just like you Well you don’t have to shout it I don’t want to think about it Say what you want Whatever it is you feel I don’t want to think about it No, I don’t want to think about it Say what you want Whatever it is you feel Was that me weaving? Across that hard yellow line Were you crying out for mercy? Was I that far out of my mind? Well you don’t have to shout it I don’t want to think about it Say what you want Whatever it is you feel I don’t want to think about it No, I don’t want to think about it Say what you want Whatever it is you feel Between me and you These feelings run deep But I made some promises That I just can’t keep
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How Do You Get Through 03:39
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Well Christmas can be the saddest day If you’re all alone, watching children play See her footprints still frozen in the snow And where she’s gone…. you don’t know Weekend’s gone, Monday’s here No one wishing you good cheer So you end up at the bar drinking beer Talking to yourself like she’s still here And how do you get through? To someone you thought you knew Well you know it’s hard to do If that someone don’t love you…anymore Well New Year’s Eve just come & goes You wake up scrambled, wearing last year’s clothes You’d like a drink of water but the pipes have froze And where she’s gone…. you don’t know Christmas tree thrown in the middle of the street Sidewalk covered in dirty ice and sleet Children laughing on their way to school Probably poking fun at some lovesick fool And how do you get through? To someone you thought you knew Well you know it’s hard to do If that someone don’t love you…anymore Afternoon comes & you crawl out of bed Whiskey’s gone so you smoke a joint instead Your mind’s kind of gummy & running slow And where’s she gone…. you don’t know There’s a sad old song playing inside your head Leaves you regretting all the things you never said Another day of suffering, one more night alone Heartache a part of you like skin and bone
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Everybody's Hurting 02:16
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Everybody’s hurting I’m think it’s true, I’m pretty certain There’s so much pain that we can never quell One man’s heaven just another man’s hell Everybody’s hurting Shut the door and close those curtains They say too much sunlight is bad for you Well I think too much darkness must be too. Everybody’s hurting Don’t you find it a little disconcerting? Seeing people doing the things they do People like me and people like you Everybody’s hurting The circuits jammed and no longer working The whole wide world seems to be broken Nothing left but prayers and good luck tokens
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Inside Out 03:07
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You wanted something You wanted anything A kiss in the backseat From a pretty little thing A first place finish An honorable mention But all you got Was juvenile detention And you’re inside out And you’re outside in You’re going down And you can’t swim And you’re inside out You’re playing a game That you can’t win A crown of thorns Another losing ticket Here’s your consolation Would you like to kiss it? You’re underwater And I think you’re sinking Why did you piss on the life guard? What were you thinking? And you’re inside out And you’re outside in You’re going down And you can’t swim And you’re inside out And you’re outside in You’re playing a game That you can’t win
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A Good Talking To 03:59
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Well I went out last night And I made an ass of myself again You know I’m the eighth wonder in this world It’s a miracle that I still have any friends. And when I stumbled home this morning Well you already knew Who I’d been with last night & how I got this mud caked to my pants & shoes. All my friends say it so obvious Yet I don’t seem to have a clue And Darling I guess you’ve been right all along It’s time I gave myself a good talking to. Well when you’re so lost in your past It’s hard to see the slightest glimmer of light I’ve been down in this ditch so long It’s hard to remember what the sun looks like. Well you smelled the whiskey on my breath And heard the glass shatter against the wall When I offered you the best of my love You said that wasn’t any kind of love at all All my friends say it so obvious Yet I don’t seem to have a clue And Darling I guess you’ve been right all along It’s time I gave myself a good talking to It’s time to quit this running around in circles I need to start walking in a straight line And try to keep my eyes wide open Instead of stumbling around this town half blind I swear I’m going to set this record straight I’m going to pull myself on through I’ll walk barefoot over these shards of broken glass And become the man that you once knew
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My Friend Jim 02:49
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I went to see my friend Jim Living on the other side of ordinary Making whirlybirds and kaleidoscopes A Picasso wearing rabbit ears Don’t let them take him away I went to see my friend Jim Getting high behind the Church of Christ Listening to cicadas and radio static A Hank Williams on the lost highway Don’t let them take him away My friend Jim Do you know him? The chances are slim He’s outside looking in My friend Jim I went to see my friend Jim Living in an abandoned camper trailer Humming show tunes and dancing in circles A Fred Astaire without his Ginger Rodgers Don’t let them take him away I went to see my friend Jim Running between the sirens and sorrows Haunted by ghosts and circuit court judges A Dylan Thomas for model drinkers Don’t let them take him away My friend Jim Do you know him? The chances are slim He’s outside looking in My friend Jim Don’t let them take him away Don’t let them take him away Don’t let them take him away
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Little Liar 03:22
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Little liar with your lipstick glow You sent a text to let me know That you were leaving What a way to start a day Reading the words you didn’t have the guts to say To my face Little liar, you’ve got the kick of a mule I’m pretty dumb but I’m no one’s fool But I’m still breathing You’re probably think I’m wishing I was dead But it’s more like I wish I’d stayed in bed This morning Little liar with your tight blue jeans Little liar you’re such low rent queen….little liar Little liar with your nervous laugh Little liar you’re just crook in my path….little liar Little liar with the bat of your eye You’re probably thinking that I’m asking myself why You are leaving Well I’m hurting but it’s not like you think Last night I had way too much to drink In anticipation Little liar with your inflated ego You’ll be deflated when you finally know That I’m still standing Cause breakfast for one is cheaper than two I feel a whole a lot better without the weight of you Around my shoulders Little liar with your tight blue jeans Little liar you’re such low rent queen….little liar Little liar with your nervous laugh Little liar you’re just a crook in my path…little liar Little liar why’d you wait so long Little liar I’m so happy you’re gone….little liar
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If You Don't Love Me 03:29
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I see myself When I was young Pale blue eyes Razor sharp tongue Whatever happened? It’s hard to say But if you need answers You better step up and pay If you want me Then please say so But if you don’t care Just tell me no One hand says nothing The other whispers misery How can I love you? When I don’t love me Sometimes I hate myself For just being me A heart so blind It just can’t see A day of reckoning A night that won’t end I’d tell you the whole story If I knew where to begin So Morning Glory Here’s my news I just struck the match That lit the fuse They’re on their knees Searching for the clues Just another sad case Of the same old blues
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I'm Gone 03:13
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Like Amelia Earhart Like a shot of pure dope Like the promise of eternal salvation Like the last vestige of hope I’m gone Yes, I’m gone I’m gone Yes I’m gone And I’m not coming Back again Like Blind Willie Johnson Like a shooting star Like a broken fucking record Like John Lee Hooker’s guitar I’m gone Yes, I’m gone I’m gone Yes I’m gone And I’m not coming Back again Like Townes Van Zant Like that pretty Jackie O Like the green light in Gatsby Like the vacant eyes of everyone I know I’m gone Yes, I’m gone I’m gone Yes, I’m gone And I’m not coming Back again

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What started as a one off recording session in May 2021 between a record store regular at Sidetracks Music in Charlottesville, VA and a touring guitarist who worked part-time at the shop, quickly evolved into a Monday night ritual. Each week Hadnot Creek’s Robert Sawrey and Kendall Street Company guitarist, Ben Laderberg threw musical ideas at each other in the former’s backyard studio. Robert supplied lyrics, vocals and skeletal song structure and Ben would shape these structures recording the guitar, bass, mandolin and lap steel tracks. Zach Samel added drums and percussion as well as mixing the tracks. Other guests included guitarist Scott Martin, harmonica player Dave Forcheilli , pianist Price Gillock, background vocalist Beth Russell and drummer Dillon Napier (Margo Price). Their loose collaborative approach changed folk songs into rave up rockers and transformed rock songs into midnight lullabies. By the following May, they had recorded an album’s worth of songs from these Monday night sessions which became I’m Gone. They are currently recording a follow-up.

Their sound, an ever changing amalgam of foreboding Americana, fractured pop and Pixies-styled squawk was inspired by songwriters as diverse as John Prine, Lucinda Williams, Sparklehorse’s Mark Linkhous and Nick Cave and the rock fervor of bands like Wilco, Guided By Voices and The Mountain Goats.

All songs written by: R. Sawrey & Ben Laderberg
Mixed by: Zach Samel
Mastered by: Patrick Klem
Album Photography: Zach Samel
Cover Design: R. Sawrey

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released February 24, 2023

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Hadnot Creek Charlottesville, Virginia

Hadnot Creek is the moniker of Charlottesville singer songwriter Robert Sawrey with a rotating cast of members and guests including Zach Samel, Lee & Tyler Sargent and Ben Laderberg. Their first two albums, garnered critical praise from such publications as Americana UK (9 out of 10) and Glide Magazine. Their third album, Long Gone, featuring Ben Laderberg will be released in February 24th, 2023. ... more

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