A breezy, catchy, uplifting travel-themed love song by the Texas born, Kansas raised singer-songwriter, heralding his eighth album, Little Wide Open, produced by The National’s Aaron Dessner, and out on 15 May via Dead Oceans. The music video stars Morby and comedian Caleb Hearon. Waxahatchee’s Katie Crutchfield also makes a cameo.
“This is a song I wrote about being in love with someone you keep circling around the globe, relentlessly traveling through the air and down highways, and then returning home alone to middle America,” Morby said of “Javelin” in a press statement. “[Amelia] shines here, with her incredible vocals. I had invited her into the studio and asked that she create a backing choir out of just her voice—but her presence is so special that her ‘backing vocals’ can’t help but take the lead.”
Rachel Kushner has written an essay, titled Field Guide to the North American Troubadour, to accompany Little Wide Open. In May, Morby will kick off an extensive tour behind the record, which will take him across Europe and North America to mid-July. To explore and enjoy more by Kevin Morby, see also the other embedded links below.
Back in town all by myself
I should go dancing, take my boots off the shelf
Don't be concerned babe, at least not yet
I am still happy to be breathing in
You know I have been, you know I have been
Traveling
Through the air and down the highway
Like a javelin
Towards this old cowtown in the Bible Belt
Remember when they asked us, baby, just how it felt
To be alone in the middle of
Middle America?
When the sun moves behind the moon and the earth goеs black
Mama, it's like that
Mama, it's like that
How long’s forevеr, babe, is it just one day?
The day we go in, then we escape
Am I a has-been, am I a husband?
Could this be our life, babe, could you be my wife when?
Everything ending now (Hey, hey)
Into a beginning now (Hey, hey)
When you fall you get back up and run
And time paints a picture now (Hey, hey)
The world will eclipse you now (Hey, hey)
And when you fall you get back up and run
Towards this old cowtown in the Bible Belt
Remember when they asked us, baby, just how it felt
To be alone just the two of us
In middle America?
When the moon moves behind the sun and the earth lights up
Mama, mama, mama that was us
(Time will eclipse you now
Time is a picture now
When you fall, you get back up and run)
Mama, that was us
(Time will eclipse you now
The world's gonna spin you round
When you fall, you get back up, don't run)
Mama, that was us
(Time will eclipse you now
Time is a picture now
When you fall, you get back up and run)
Mama, that was us
(Time will eclipse you now
The world's gonna spin you round
When you fall, you get back up, don't run)
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