A witty, droll but also beautiful, bittersweet country number with TORRES, aka MacKenzie Scott, on the lead vocal, with lyrics about a girl she had a crush on in her youth and the resulting conflict with her mother. It’s the latest from the two singer-songwriters’ forthcoming debut album together – Send A Prayer My Way, out on 18 April on Matador Records. Thematically, this song, and the album, is inspired by the singers’ experiences of growing up queer in the southern US, states. As they put it “centers on trying to overcome and heal from the guilt, shame and religious abuse that so many people experience discovering their identity and growing up Queer.” The single follows previous numbers inclulding Sugar In The Tank.
Baker hails from Memphis, and as well as a solo career, is one of the sublime vocal trio Boygenius. TORRES, aka Mackenzie Scott, resides in Brooklyn and her latest album is What An Enormous Room, out on Merge Records. To explore and enjoy more by the pair, see also the other embedded links below.
Left Georgia for Tennessee when I was eighteen
Met a girl named Tuesday who shined her light on me
She was five foot nine with a storm in her eye
And of all the shoulders on which she could've cried
She picked mine
She picked mine
Now I wish that I hadn't
Stepped down and lied
When I acted like it was
Nothing to me
And if I could only
Go back in time
I'd rewrite our whole story
Well, her mama caught wind
That her daughter's friend
Might be of the wrong persuasion
Next thing I know, her mama's calling
Telling her daughter
Just the thought of it made her sick over the toilet
Instead of backing me up, Tuesday melted right down
Asked me to write her mother and say, "Sorry for the confusion"
That of course there had been no sin
To emphasize how much I love Jesus
And men
How I wish that I hadn't
Stepped down and lied
When I acted like it was
Nothing to me
'Cause that night, for the first time
I took a knife
To the paper-thin
Skin on my arm
Oh my Lord, oh my Christ
Is this the end?
I heard myself cry
From the tile
The darkness of eternal night started
Closing in
And I thought surely
No future exists
Tuesday, now I hardly think of you
But when I do I only think of shame
And girl I tell ya, if I could do it again
I sure as hell wouldn't do it the same
No, I cannot believe that
I stepped down and lied
I should have told
You I loved you
And now I know that
Your shame was not mine
And I am perfect
In my Lord's eyes
For a decade, I let you live in my head
But with this exorcism, I put our story to bed
And one more thing: If you hear this song
Tell your mama she can go suck an egg
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